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TRENDING TOPICS, MOST CREDIBLE STORIES | | #1 in U.S. News • 23 articles Why is Facebook pausing its development of an Instagram app for kids? |  | |
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Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, says he still believes in the core idea of Instagram Kids.
NBC News (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 78% • 3 min read
[Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram] said that [the Instagram app for kids] was meant to be different than Instagram but that it leaked publicly before it was ready. That and ongoing concern over the impact of Instagram on young people caused the company to reconsider, he wrote.
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He added that the company was already working on features that would address body image issues, such as prompting users to try looking into other topics while using the app or to take a social media break. On Thursday Facebook's global head of safety is scheduled to testify at a hearing held by the Senate Commerce subcommittee on consumer protection to discuss [a report by the Wall Street Journal].
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Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal published articles that suggested Facebook knew its photo and video sharing app had a harmful effect on teenage girls. On Sunday night, Facebook's head of research put out a blog post arguing that the Journal had mischaracterized the company's internal research, though it has yet to fully release it.
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Facebook puts Instagram Kids on hold amid criticism of planned app.
Reuters (Center) • Factual Grade 78% • 2 min read - Top long-read
Even experts can't agree on whether technology is dangerous for kids. (2019)
Quartz (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 76% • 10 min read
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| | | 491 votes, 55 comments Context: Congressional redistricting efforts appear to be partisan in nature. HIGHLIGHTED COMMENTS " Yes - Allowing politicians to become entrenched through gerrymandering allows them to choose their voters, appeal to the most extreme elements of their own base, and further polarize our society. Let them compete for votes by presenting their best ideas rather than through cynical gamesmanship." " No - Redistricting is currently done by the representatives of the e..." " Unsure - One person's independent commission is another person's partisan hack. I'd like to see a commission co..." | | | #2 in U.S. News • 16 articles How does the U.S. murder rate in 2020 compare with prior years? | 
The Bureau estimated there were 21,570 murders in the United States last year, an increase of 29.4% from 2019, with 4,901 additional murders in 2020. In raw numbers, 202...
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| | #1 in World News • 10 articles Why are Tunisians publicly protesting their president? |
President Kais Saied froze Parliament and fired the prime minister on July 25. On Wednesday, his office announced that he would set up a system under which he would assume the power to...
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| | #1 in Culture News • 49 articles Why did a jury find musician R. Kelly guilty of sex trafficking? |
Prosecutors argued that Kelly used managers and aides to help him meet girls, many of them teenagers, who he later abused. A jury of five women and seven men announced their ver...
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| | #1 in Health News • 7 articles How has Covid-19 affected life expectancy rates? |
Dr. José Manuel Aburto, a co-lead author of the study, said: "For western European countries such as Spain, England and Wales, Italy, Belgium, among others, the last time such large magnitudes of decl...
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