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Lauren Feiner

Lauren Feiner

Senior Policy Reporter

Senior Policy Reporter

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    Trump shouts out Dell founder for funding ‘Trump Accounts.’

    The president applauded Michael and Susan Dell for their $6.25 billion contribution that the White House says will help fund tax-advantaged savings accounts for children. The contribution is set to fund an extra $250 in the first 25 million accounts for children in ZIP codes with median incomes under $150,000.

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    Lauren Feiner
    Paramount CEO David Ellison is Sen. Lindsey Graham’s guest at the State of the Union.

    The South Carolina Republican said he’s bringing along Ellison, son of Trump ally and billionaire Larry Ellison, as his guest to the address. Paramount is in the midst of its persistent attempt to buy Warner Bros. Discovery over Netflix — a deal Trump said he’d be involved in before backtracking.

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    Someone was still wearing Meta’s Ray-Bans in the courthouse after a judge warned against it.

    Plaintiff attorney Rachel Lanier told Judge Carolyn Kuhl this morning that after she’d admonished against using smart glasses in the courthouse, they learned that one person was still wearing them in the hallway where jurors were present. After alerting Meta’s counsel, Lanier said they were told the glasses weren’t recording.

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    Lauren Feiner
    Zuckerberg enters the courthouse to testify about safety on Instagram.

    The Meta CEO walked through the public entrance of the LA Superior Court and past parent advocates and media waiting to learn if they’d get a seat to hear his testimony.

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    Lauren Feiner
    The social media addiction trial is delayed — again.

    Just after we entered the courtroom, we learned that a juror has been hospitalized. The parties decided to postpone today’s testimony from former Meta employees to see if the juror can return. Regardless, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to testify tomorrow — either before the original juror, or an alternate.

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    Lauren Feiner
    We’re outside the courthouse where Meta and Google are fighting social media addiction claims.

    I’m in downtown Los Angeles where a state judge is hearing the first of several landmark trials about how social media allegedly harmed a teen girl going by K.G.M. We expect to hear from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg this week.

    A shot of the LA Superior Court building, a large white building with a green lawn.
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