Nick Clegg, Facebook’s Vice President of Global Relations, made important statements. On the one hand, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are facing the crashing problems, on the other hand, they are facing the disclosures made by Frances Haugen. Accordingly, after Haugen’s statement to Congress on the negative impact of Instagram on young people, a new Instagram break warning came to the fore.
Facebook takes action to take Instagram break
The effect of social media on young people has recently caused a great debate all over the world. Facebook, on the other hand, is stuck in a corner with the confessions of Frances Haugen. As you know, Haugen explained that Facebook does not have a very serious policy on issues such as the mental health of young people and the authenticity of the news shared. Proving this with documents, Frances Haugen continues to put the company in a difficult situation.
Facebook, on the other hand, announced that it will try a feature such as taking a break so that young people spend less time on the Instagram platform, which is used more intensively. Accordingly, the Instagram break system will warn young people who view a post more than once. The platform, which will warn the person to look at other content, aims to spend more quality time on the platform.
Although the Instagram Kids plan is disabled. The pause feature of the platform brings age control in a way. Accordingly, Instagram will prevent young people under the age of 18 from encountering negative content that is not appropriate for their age. Instagram will give a warning to the person to take a break for the content with the break feature. Of course, Instagram +18 is in a structure that does not easily include content. However, such a warning system is still being worked on for content that it considers not suitable for young people.
Nick Clegg hasn’t provided details on when the Instagram take a break feature will kick in at this time. However, different leaks about this feature have appeared before. At that time, it was predicted that the feature would come with Instagram Kids.
Facebook has not given a full response to the accusations made by Frances Haugen. In particular, the technology world interpreted the announcement of the break after Haugen’s Instagram statement as an interesting coincidence. It should be noted that for now, this feature will be activated for young people under the age of 18.
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