TikTok and Snapchat executives will make their debut on Capitol Hill Tuesday, testifying for the first time before a Senate panel about safety precautions for young users.
Facebook updated the public that they are taking action dressing the problem of the younger generation’s excessive screen time spent on Facebook and Instagram.
Nineteen-year-old Gigi Painter hopes Facebook’s planned “Instagram Kids” never becomes a reality.
Growing up in a small town in Ohio, Painter said she and most of her friends created Instagram accounts by lying about their ages years before they turned 13.
She recalls constant pressure to post good photographs that would garner lots of “likes” or positive comments.
Then there was the ever-present threat of bullying on the platform. Some people at her school would create anonymous Instagram accounts where they would upload photos of other students with mean or sexualized captions.
She is not alone. An unlikely alliance of US congressional Democrats and
Nineteen-year-old Gigi Painter hopes Facebook’s planned “Instagram Kids” never becomes a reality. Growing up in a small Ohio town, Painter said she and most of her friends created Instagram accounts by lying about their ages years before they turned 13. She recalls constant pressure to post good photos that would garner lots of “likes” or…