Ex-Meta employee and whistleblower Frances Haugensaid last monthInstagram wasmore dangerous than other forms of social media.
Here are the six major talking points about the hearing, and why you should care about all this.
Criticism of Instagrams last-minute tools rollout
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The company said that it will introduce parental control tools early next year.
This will give guardians an option toset time limits on the app for their wards.
This time it was to show Mosseri that Instagram hasnt made any changes despite highlighting the issue.
This means people will see posts in the order they were published, without any algorithm interference.
Notably, Facebook already hasthis feature for friends and pages.
you might expect more on this early next year!
He noted that teen safety is an industry-wide problem, so we need industry-wide standards, and industry-wide solutions.
Mosseri said this body should get input from civil society and regulators to create universal standards.
We need independent researchers, objective overseers not chosen by big tech.
Standards that stop toxic content that has driven kids to dark rabbit holes.
He also pointed that the US should follow the UK to formchild protection regulationsrelated to preventing addictive app designs.
In his opening statement, Mosseri said, Weve been calling for regulation for three years now.
He also committed to providing data to independent researchers to study Instagrams algorithms.
There have been several proposals to change the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
Is Instagram Kids still in the works?
Instagramput a pause on its plan to develop a kid-friendly versionof the app this September after backlash from lawmakers.
Why should you care?
Such hearings bring about changes in technology services that have a direct impact on users.
But we dont know what happens when a social web link is not protected by the safe harbor law.
That’s one heck of a mixed bag.
He likes to say “Bleh.
That’s one heck of a mixed bag.
He likes to say “Bleh.”
