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    Senators Blast Facebook For Concealing Instagram's Risks To Kids

    Days after Facebook's Instagram "paused" work on an app for kids under 13, U.S. senators grilled the company's head of safety about how both platforms negatively affect teens and young people.
    by Shannon Bond Sep 30, 2021 3 minutes
    Facebook Global Head of Safety Antigone Davis, testifies remotely before a Senate committee following leaks of internal research showing the company knows the harm its apps cause young people.

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    Senators accused Facebook on Thursday of concealing and ignoring the ills its apps, including Instagram, pose to children and teens, amid a widening outcry over revelations from internal research leaked by a whistleblower.

    "We now know that Facebook routinely puts profits ahead of kids' online safety. We know it chooses the growth of its products over the well-being of our

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