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Protecting Kids Online: Instagram and Reforms for Young Users

Testimony

Questioner: Richard BlumenthalWitness: Adam Mosseri

Narrative: Youth TargetingInitiative: Instagram for Kids
Q. · Question

Richard Blumenthal

A. · Response

Adam Mosseri

QuestionAsks Mosseri to commit to permanently ending development of an Instagram version for children under 13, not just pausing it.

ResponseMosseri declines to commit to permanently killing Instagram Kids, defends the original rationale, and commits only that any future under-13 product would require explicit parental consent.