Are these features ‘unconscionable’, Meta to ask jurypublished at 19:40 BST
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Schmidt argues that the attorney generals are basing their unfair practices claim on three features: the ability for users to have multiple accounts; time management tools; and efforts to block users under the age of 13.
He asks the jury to consider at the end of the case whether these features are “unconscionable or unfair”.
On multiple accounts, Schmidt argues that there is “value” in having multiple accounts, and being able to have separate accounts for different interests, like sports, music or family.
On time management tools, he says: “They’re not challenging as unfair, someone generally having access to Instagram. How can they make it unfair to give that person time management tools, even if they had criticisms?”
And on age verification, he says that there are “real challenges”, including privacy and fairness concerns.
“Not everyone has government ID, not everyone has credit cards or wants to share them,” he says.
Meta is legally not allowed to keep children’s data which might otherwise allow it to create computer models to detect under-13 users, he says.
But the company has always required age entry on Facebook and later on Instagram and allows people to report underage users, he adds.