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Protecting Kids Online: Instagram and Reforms for Young Users

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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.