Youtube Executive Testifies in Social Media Trial

Youtube Executive Testifies in Social Media Trial

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66 Video Views·Feb 25, 2026

It’s week four of the social media addiction trial, with testimony continuing today as YouTube’s vice president of engineering, Cristos Goodrow, took the stand. He argued the platform is designed to provide value to users not maximize watch time or promote addiction. Plaintiff attorney Mark Lanier pressed him, pointing to internal company goals aimed at reaching 1 billion watch hours per day, along with features such as recommendations, autoplay, and short form videos or YouTube Shorts.

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