„Take A Break“
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Instagram introduces new features for young users
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The function was introduced on Tuesday for the USA, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand and Australia and should also reach the rest of the world at the beginning of next year.
Photo: AP / Jenny Kane
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London The function encourages young people to interrupt scrolling after a while, said Instagram boss Adam Mosseri. The move is part of the announced efforts to contain harmful content on the meta platforms. More tools for parents are to follow.
Instagram has introduced a function that prompts young users of the platform to take a break. In addition, the social media platform owned by the Facebook parent company Meta announced further functions on Tuesday to protect young users from harmful content.
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The “Take A Break” feature encourages teenagers to stop scrolling after a while, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri announced in a blog post. It was introduced on Tuesday for the USA, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand and Australia and should also reach the rest of the world at the beginning of next year.
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Young users would be notified of the function and asked to take more breaks in the future, it said. The move is part of the announced efforts to contain harmful content on the meta platforms. The tech giant has been charged with not doing enough to protect young users and is faced with new laws that try to impose restrictions on it.
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The whistleblower Frances Haugen, a former Facebook product manager, had testified to American and European parliamentarians, referring to internal investigations, that the peer pressure generated by Instagram among young users, especially girls, presumably led to problems with mental health and body image as well as in in some cases have led to eating disorders and thoughts of suicide.
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Instagram also announced on Tuesday that the first tools for parents to see how much time their children spend on Instagram and also set time limits will be launched early next year. In addition, functions would be developed that prevent people from tagging or mentioning young people in posts who do not follow them in the network. In addition, a function is being worked on that notifies young users when they have focused on a topic for a while. The recommendations for posts, hashtags and accounts should also be more geared towards protecting young people.
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