American technology, Facebook, has revealed its plan to begin to vet teens activities on Instagram with its new feature.
The new feature will ban teenagers from having access to some sensitive content on the social media platform.
An executive with the widely patronized platform, Nick Clegg in a statement on Sunday, said Facebook is working on introducing something which will make a considerable difference, which is where its systems see that the “teenager is looking at the same content over and over again and it’s content which may not be conducive to their well-being, we will nudge them to look at other content.”
Clegg while speaking with reporters from CNN explained further that the new feature called ‘take a break,’ will be prompting teens to just simply just take a break from using Instagram.
The newly introduced feature by Facebook is coming at the time the United States lawmakers are scrutinizing how Facebook and subsidiaries like Instagram affect young people’s mental health.
The senators had last week grilled Facebook company on its plans to better protect young users on its apps.
The grilling follows leaked internal research that exposed how the social media platform was aware of how its Instagram app damaged the mental health of youth.
Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee, has argued for more regulation against technology companies like Facebook.
“I’m just tired of hearing ‘trust us’, and it’s time to protect those moms and dads that have been struggling with their kids getting addicted to the platform and been exposed to all kinds of bad stuff,” Klobuchar told CNN on Sunday shortly after Clegg’s interview.
She said the United States needs a new privacy policy so that people can “opt in” if they favour allowing their online data to be shared. The United States also should update children’s privacy laws and its competition policy, and require tech companies to make their algorithms more transparent, Klobuchar said.