Meta hooked children on Facebook and Instagram, US court hears

"There can be no dispute that Meta has recognised people struggle, or can struggle, with their use of social media, and has come up with tools to try and address that," Schmidt said.

Meta's representative said just over 100,000 such users were found and argued that social media addiction does not exist.

Schmidt also argued a point that Meta has put forward in at other litigation this year - that social media addiction does not exist.