Instagram unveils new teen safety tools ahead of Senate hearing
Instagram announced the tools designed for its youngest users and their parents a day before the app's head, Adam Mosseri, testifies to the Senate about Instagram's potential risks to kids and teens.
Instagram is rolling out a new set of safety features aimed at its youngest users and their parents, a day before the photo-sharing app's head testifies to Congress about the platform's potential risks to kids and teens.
They include tools to help users manage how much time they spend on the app, limits on both unwanted interactions with adults and exposure to sensitive content, and optional parental oversight of children's accounts.
Instagram, which is owned by (formerly Facebook), has come under intense scrutiny since a disclosed internal the company, and lawmakers are holding hearings about .
