Advocates say kids’ Instagram product would ‘put young users at great risk’
by Kari Paul from Technology | The Guardian on (#5GMZB)
Children's health advocates urged Mark Zuckerberg to abandon the plan citing the negative effects of social media on children
An international coalition of children's health advocates has called on Facebook to abandon its plans to build an Instagram product for kids, citing harm to teens from excessive use of social media.
The campaign comes after Buzzfeed broke the news in March that Facebook seeks to build an Instagram product for people under the age of 13. The company currently requires users to be 13 years or older to create an account.
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