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The company is now working on making its platform more secure for young users. To do this, the photo sharing app introduces a new feature. The company itself will encourage teens to keep a safe distance from bad content and take a break from Instagram. Facebook Vice President Nick Clegg has revealed the details of the new feature.


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The announcement came soon after a former Facebook employee claimed on Instagram that Facebook could harm young users in a number of ways. Speaking about the new features, Clegg said that we're going to introduce something that we think will make a big difference and that the system recognizes a teen who watches the same content over and over again. He said this was to encourage teens to avoid inappropriate content and watch other content.



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Nick Clegg also revealed that the company is also working on a feature that asks teenagers to take a break from the platform. This is the first time a company has introduced a feature that forces users to take a break from its platform. Clegg hasn't revealed when this interesting feature will launch. Earlier, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri had talked about working on a feature called Take a Break.


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Adam Mosseri explained that they encourage people who watch more content that may be social comparisons to check out other topics, and that a feature called "Take a Break" allows people to temporarily freeze their accounts. will help suspend and put it on hold. take a break. He said the break would help teens reflect on their time spent on stage.


Whistleblower Francis Haughan

Former Facebook employee whistleblower Francis Haughan spoke to the Senate committee about his experience at Facebook. He also called on Congress to crack down on the social media company for allegedly creating a bad environment for teenagers on Instagram. They claimed that Facebook was aware of the harmful effects of teens on Instagram and had taken no action to stop them. This serious allegation has seriously affected Facebook.


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The company's idea was also to create an Instagram platform dedicated to children under the age of 13. However, Instagram put the project on hold due to strong protests from lawyers. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, which are owned by Facebook, have been shut down in recent days. This was followed by a sharp decline in the personal fortune of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The main reason for this decline is criticism from teenagers, even on Instagram.


$6 billion wealth

Zuckerberg's personal wealth fell by $6 billion last week. The issues Facebook is facing, including political polarization, are complex. Facebook is in trouble because of political polarization issues in the United States. Articles published by the Wall Street Journal internally exposed things like the ills of teen mental health, misinformation, and Instagram. It was a blow to the company.