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One week before its big Senate hearing, Meta announces even more teen safety controls
The latest why-wasn't-this-already-a-thing feature from Meta arrives with curious timing.
Meta has rolled out stricter Instagram and Facebook messenger settings, intended to push back against unsolicited DM's from strangers in a company-wide attempt to address teen safety on its bevy of platforms. As Mashable's Christianna Silva noted, the influx of new teen safety measures is presciently timed, with Meta officials set to testify alongside other major social media companies in a Senate hearing on online child exploitation taking place Jan. 31. Hovering in the background are several lawsuits levied against Meta over the last year, including a recent Massachusetts case against Zuckerberg once again alleging he repeatedly blocked attempts to address teen mental health on the app.
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