WASHINGTON DC, December 9, 2021 ~ Wednesday, Instagram Head Adam Mosseri testified before the US Senate, and was grilled by lawmakers from both parties for the negative impact the social media platform has on children.
The hearing before the US Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security came after a whistleblower from Facebook leaked internal data from Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, that showed the company knew Instagram had negative impacts on young users.
“I believe that the time for self-policing and self-regulation is over,” said Connecticut Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal. “Some of the big tech companies have said ‘Trust us.’ That seems to be what Instagram is saying in your testimony. But self-policing depends on trust. The trust is gone.
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