Facebook proposes feature to ‘nudge’ teens away from harmful content
Facebook will be introducing several features, including prompting teens to take a break from using its photo sharing app Instagram, and "nudging" teens if they are repeatedly looking at the same content that's not conducive to their well-being.
A Facebook executive said Sunday, October 10, that the company would introduce new measures on its apps to prompt teens away from harmful content, as U.S lawmakers scrutinize how Facebook and subsidiaries like Instagram affect young people’s mental health.
Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president of global affairs, also expressed openness to the idea of letting regulators have access to Facebook algorithms that are used to amplify content. But Clegg said he could not answer the question of whether its algorithms amplified the voices of people ...
