Instagram head, grilled over kids online safety, calls for creation of industry body

By David Shepardson and Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) -Instagram head Adam Mosseri on Wednesday urged the creation of an industry body to determine best practices to help keep young people safe online, as he was grilled by lawmakers in his first appearance before Congress. Mosseri, speaking before a Senate panel, said the industry body should receive input from civil society, parents, and regulators to create standards on how to verify age, design age-appropriate experiences, and build parental controls. Photo-sharing app Instagram and its parent company Meta Platforms Inc, formerly Facebook, …

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