The executive that helped build Meta’s ad machine is trying to expose it

The Verge
By Lauren FeinerFeb 19, 2026, 6:22 pm124 ptsTrending
Brian Boland spent more than a decade figuring out how to build a system that would make Meta money. On Thursday, he told a California jury it incentivized drawing more and more users, including teens, onto Facebook and Instagram - despite the risks. Boland's testimony came a day after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg…

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