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Protecting Kids Online: Instagram and Reforms for Young Users
Questioner: Marsha BlackburnWitness: Adam Mosseri
Harm: Suicide & self-injury
Q. · Question
Marsha Blackburn
A. · Response
Adam Mosseri
QuestionTells Mosseri directly that his earlier answer sounded callous, and gives him the floor to speak directly to parents whose children have died by suicide or needed mental health treatment after using Instagram.
ResponseMosseri speaks personally as a parent, reiterates the parental-controls approach while also saying — notably — that he doesn't want the platform's safety to depend on parental controls alone, since not all parents have time to use them.