Instagram CEO says it's “critical” to have multi-platform youth safety rules – CBS News

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri told a Senate subcommittee investigating the harmful effects of the photo sharing app on teenagers that “keeping young people safe online is not just about one company” and called for industry-wide solutions. “With teens using multiple platforms, it is critical that we address youth online safety as an industry challenge and develop industry-wide solutions and standards,” Mosseri told lawmakers.He called for age verification tools at the phone level and said the social media platforms need an industry body to determine how to verify the age of minors, how to design specific experiences, and what kind of parental controls are needed. The hearing before the Senate subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security comes after damaging revelations first reported by The Wall Street Journal in September indicated top executives at Instagram were warned by researchers about the potential harmful impacts of the platform. Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing titled Protecting Kids Online: Instagram and Reforms for Young Users on Capitol Hill, December 8, 2021 in Washington, DC.  Drew Angerer / Getty Images Internal documents from Instagram’s parent company Meta, formerly known as Facebook, showed researchers…
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