Mark Zuckerberg’s day in court highlights one of the tech industry’s inconvenient truths

Suited in variations of blue, Mark Zuckerberg took the stand Monday to defend his company’s past—and fight for its future. 

The CEO of Meta, Zuckerberg has helmed the company that began as Facebook for more than 20 years. Over the last decade, he’s had to defend his business in Washington, D.C., plenty of times before, from the 2018 Cambridge Analytica hearings to the 2021 Congressional hearings focused on disinformation. 

But arguably, these are the highest stakes Zuckerberg has faced so far...