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Facebook halts development of controversial Instagram for Kids following unfavourable internal research: The Newsfeed

Posted by Jennifer Adetoro in News

2 years ago

To no surprise, Facebook has paused the development of its controversial app Instagram for Kids. This comes shortly after The Wall Street Journal published a series of reports revealing how Instagram’s own internal research suggested the app impacted the mental health of teenage girls. In a series of tweets, head of Instagram Adam Mosseri continued to defend the concept and clarified the app…

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