Instagram to introduce “take a break” feature and “nudge” teens away from harmful content

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Instagram to introduce new features to nudge teams away from harmful content | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Instagram will introduce new measures to nudge teenagers away from harmful content and encourage them to “take a break,” from the platform, Facebook vice president of global affairs Nick Clegg said on Sunday. Clegg made the remarks on CNN’s State of the Union show less than a week after whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before Congress about internal research that showed Instagram can have a negative effect on the mental health of young people.

“We’re going to introduce something which I think will make a considerable difference, which is where our systems see that a teenagers is looking at the same content over and over again, and it’s content which may not be conducive to their well being, we will nudge them to look at other...

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[DonnaJerrily]

Instagram can be helpful in some terms, even for teens. The thing is that they just don't understand that there is some helpful stuff except for butts and fancy lifestyles.