Instagram head Mosseri, at children’s addiction trial, says few teenagers knew of safety feature
Adam Mosseri, Instagram's head since 2018, testified at a federal court trial in Oakland, California that very few teenagers were using a safety feature called "Take a Break" before it became default in September 2024. The feature encourages users to close Instagram after set periods of time. Mosseri estimated that in early tests, more than 90% of teenage users who turned on the feature kept it on.
However, most teens did not want this feature, he said. Mosseri also denied accusations that Meta intentionally designed Instagram and Facebook to addict children, and defended the company's research showing no clear link between social media use and poor mental health in adolescents. He also testified about a 2023 presentation his team prepared for Instagram leadership, which acknowledged removing data showing teenage users saw significantly more harmful content than adult users when it was not the default setting.
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