Mark Lanier was the lead attorney in the first social media addiction case to go to trial, against Meta and Google, which saw the plaintiff awarded $6 million in damages. Speaking at WIRED World Fair in Miami , Lanier recalls a moment during the trial where members of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s entourage arrived wearing Meta smart glasses.
It's so interesting because you're, as a lawyer,
zoned in on exactly what you're doing.
I know I'm about to cross-examine him.
the heavyweight boxing championship of the world.
with his entourage coming into the ring.
And the judge does not allow cameras in the courtroom.
You're not allowed to take pictures in the courtroom.
And when Zuckerberg's people show up,
and they're wearing their AI smart glasses,
they had an ability to do something
that the judge had specifically ordered not be done.
And so it's kind of like you're getting ready
and you find out they put on the wrong gloves
that are illegal to use in a match.
And so you go to the referee and say,
Hey, they gotta change their gloves.
And then they come back in the ring,
