Instagram boss admits promoting teen safety tools without disclosing low adoption rates
Meta's Instagram leader admitted in court to promoting teen safety tools without revealing they had been little-used in early testing.
Adam Mosseri, who oversees Instagram at Meta, acknowledged in a California courtroom that he promoted newly launched safety tools for teenagers without disclosing that early testing showed low adoption rates. The admission came during legal proceedings related to Meta's handling of teen safety features on the platform.
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Meta’s Instagram boss admits touting teen safety tool but omitting it wasn’t used
Adam Mosseri, who oversees Instagram at Meta, admitted in a California court on Tuesday that he touted newly launched safety tools for teenagers without disclosing low adoption rates from early testing several years ago.