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Instagram teen accounts still show suicide content, study claims

A study found 30 out of 47 Instagram safety tools for teens were "substantially ineffective or no longer exist".

Mr Burrows said the findings suggested Meta's teen accounts were "a PR-driven performative stunt rather than a clear and concerted attempt to fix long running safety risks on Instagram". In January 2024, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg was among tech bosses grilled in the US Senate over their safety policies - and apologised to a group of parents who said their children had been harmed by social media. It said the Cybersecurity for Democracy centre's research states tools like "Take A Break" notifications for app time management are no longer available for teen accounts - when they were actually rolled into other features or implemented elsewhere.

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