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Protecting Kids Online: Instagram and Reforms for Young Users
Questioner: Todd YoungWitness: Adam Mosseri
Narrative: Knowledge
Q. · Question
Todd Young
A. · Response
Adam Mosseri
QuestionAsks whether Instagram employs behavioral scientists and whether Mosseri would be informed if they discovered a negativity bias affecting teenage girls specifically.
ResponseMosseri confirms data scientists exist and says he'd generally expect to be kept informed of important safety findings, without directly committing on the record to being told of a negativity-bias finding specifically.