US lawmakers rebuff Instagram boss’s self-regulation pitch | Malay Mail

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WASHINGTON, Dec 9 — Instagram’s boss aimed to appease fuming US lawmakers Wednesday with a rosy view of the photo-sharing app’s impact on teens, but they rejected his self-regulation proposal and signalled a rekindled push to clamp down on Big Tech. Adam Mosseri argued the service could help...

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WASHINGTON, Dec 9 — Instagram’s boss aimed to appease fuming US lawmakers Wednesday with a rosy view of the photo-sharing app’s impact on teens, but they rejected his self-regulation proposal and signalled a rekindled push to clamp down on Big Tech.

His testimony came as the services run by Facebook parent Meta battle a crisis fuelled by the company’s own research, and which has refuelled a years-old US push for regulation. The years-old partisan deadlock in Washington appear to have eased relatively on social media regulation, at least when it comes protecting children from overuse, damage to their well-being and exposure to badly-intentioned adults.

However, the leading social media network faces at least one investigation spurred by the latest crisis: A consortium of US states announced in November a probe of Meta’s techniques for enticing young users and the potential resulting harms.

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