Future plans include adult oversight and a ‘Take a Break’ prompt.
A Facebook executive over the weekend said the social network plans to “nudge” teenagers away from harmful content and urge them to “take a break” from using apps like Instagram. In an interview with CNN, Facebook VP of global affairs Nick Clegg outlined three strategies for providing young people a more positive platform. “I don’t think a company that only places profit above anything else would do what we’ve done,” Clegg said, pointing to the $13 billion Facebook has invested “in making sure that our platform is safe to use.” “We cannot, with the wave of a wand, make everyone’s life perfect,” he continued. “What we can do is improve our products so that [they] are as safe and enjoyable to use wherever we can improve them.” It’s been a whirlwind couple of months for Facebook, which in September responded to claims from The Wall Street Journal that the firm knows Instagram is toxic for teenage girls.
