CNBC has confirmed that Adam Mosseri, Instagram’s chief executive, will testify in Congress the week of December 6.

“After bombshell reports about Instagram’s toxic impacts, we want to hear straight from the company’s leadership why it uses powerful algorithms that push poisonous content to children driving them down rabbit holes to dark places, and what it will do to make its platform safer,” Blumenthal,  chair of the Senate Commerce subcommittee on consumer protection, said in a statement. I appreciate Mr. Mosseri’s willingness to come before the Subcommittee. It is my hope that he will be supportive of specific legislative reforms, especially in relation to its highly potent algorithms.

First reported by The New York TimesThe move comes just after Instagram was under increased scrutiny after Frances Haugen (an ex-Facebook employee) released thousands upon pages of documents inside the parent company Facebook. MetaYou can also reach the Senate and Securities and Exchange Commission by clicking here.

One of the conclusions in the documents was the discovery that Instagram had conducted research on how its platform impacted the mental health of young usersIt was found that there were negative side effects for a small percentage of the users. According to the study, about 33% of teens surveyed said that Instagram makes them feel better about their bodies. This research also showed that teens who reported feeling suicidal thought were affected by Instagram use at 13% and 6% respectively in the United Kingdom.

Since then, the company has downplayed their own research and claimed that only a few respondents could be used to calculate user base. Many lawmakers believe the research was still sufficient to show Instagram that it should have done more in order to reduce the platform’s negative effects on young people. Legislators pressured Instagram to stop plans to develop a dedicated app for kids. Instagram has since paused the effort.

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, has testified before Congress many times about topics such as content moderation, privacy, and competition in the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Congress is not afraid to call on top executives for testimony, but their deputies could have more knowledge and experience about topics that lawmakers would like to know. SomePolicy watchers noticed that Susan Wojcicki (CEO of YouTube) has yet to give evidence before Congress as CEO of the parent company. GoogleSundar Pichai appeared in several occasions.

Meta spokesperson Dani Lever released a statement, “We continue working with the Committee in order to find Adam a date to testify regarding the important steps Instagram takes.”

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