WASHINGTON — Instagram head Adam Mosseri will testify before a Senate panel Wednesday afternoon to protect the social media app from mounting bipartisan anger over the harm it has reported to young users. It will be Mr. Mosseri’s first appearance before Congress. The top official of Meta, formerly known as Facebook and the parent company […]
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Instagram’s President Adam Mosseri Agrees to Testify Before Congress
Instagram’s head, Adam Mosseri, has agreed to testify before Congress for the first time as bipartisan anger harms youth from the app. Senator Richard Blumenthal, who will chair the trial, said Mr Mosseri is expected to appear before a Senate panel the week of December 6 as part of a series of hearings on protecting […]
State’s Attorneys Will Investigates Instagram’s Impact on Teens
A bipartisan group of attorneys general said Thursday they are investigating the company Meta, formerly known as Facebook, for promoting its social media app. Instagram knowing the mental and emotional harm caused by the service. At least nine states are participating in the investigation, including California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee […]
Facebook Struggles to Suppress Confusion Over Instagram’s Impact on Teens
SAN FRANCISCO — Over the past few weeks, top Facebook executives have met virtually for a series of emergency meetings. At a meeting last weekend, half a dozen executives, including Instagram head Adam Mosseri and Facebook’s vice president of global affairs Nick Clegg, discussed pausing the development of an Instagram service for kids 13 and […]
Facebook to Face Senate Grid on Instagram’s Impact on Teens
Antigone Davis, Facebook’s global head of security, is expected to face harsh questioning from senators Thursday morning about Instagram’s impact on teens, and is expected to address accusations that the photo-sharing app Facebook has known for years has caused mental and emotional harm. The hearing, which started at 10 am, is the first of two […]
