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head of instagram on wednesday about the harm the app does to the mental health of younger users. they claim the company hasn t done enough to protect children, but the instagram executive told a different story. cnn s donie o sullivan reports. self-policing depends on trust. trust is gone. reporter: the head of instagram facing a disturbing picture especially harming kids. you view the kids as a theater way for people to get into your product. have you not done things to get more teenagers interested in your product? are you not worried about losing them to other platforms? you better tell the truth. you re under oath. reporter: it is the latest round of tough questions from lawmakers for meta formerly facebook which owns instagram. shouldn t children and parents have the right to report dangerous material on youth and get a sfresponse? senator, yes, i believe we try to respond to all reports. if we ever do so, it is a
on capitol hill today, the instagram ceo adam mosseri was grilled during a contentious hearing where lawmakers on both sides of the aisle argued for stricter government oversight of social media apps. democratic senator richard blumenthal asked the instagram boss why the company didn t do anything about a set of accounts promoting eating disorders to kids until cnn reported those back in october. shouldn t children and parents have the right to report dangerous material and get a response? get some action? because wove heard harrowing stories from parents who ve tried to report and have heard no response. my office made a report and got
lieutenants and running instagram, he has got very little scrutiny relative to zuckerberg in the past. so yesterday was a big day out for him. and we saw a lot of tense exchanges between senators and between masari. have a listen. keeping people safe is not just about any one company. we believe there should be an industry body that will determine the best practices when it comes to what i think are the three most important questions with regards to youth safety. how to verify age, how to build age-appropriate experiences and how to build parental controls. reporter: and one question that was asked by senator richard blumenthal from connecticut was that even when parents of young people see troubling content on the app, when they see it on facebook or they see it on instagram and they report it to instagram, oftentimes instagram does nothing. have a listen. shouldn t children and parents have the right to report dangerous material on youth and get a response? get some action?
the impact of children front and center particularly the influ wedn influence instagram has on teenage girls. they were mad at the instagram ceo today saying they weren t getting the transparency and commitments to be transparent about data but senator richard blumenthal asked a very good question, which was even when parents see things or when any users see content on the platform that could be dangerous and reported to instagram, facebook, meta, whatever you want to call it today, instagram doesn t do anything. have a listen. shouldn t children and parents have the right to report dangerous material and get a response? get some action? because we ve heard stories from parents who tried to report and