{"id":2981,"date":"2021-09-27T14:52:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T12:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/27\/facebook-pauses-work-on-instagram-kids-after-teen-mental-health-concerns\/"},"modified":"2021-09-27T14:52:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T12:52:21","slug":"facebook-pauses-work-on-instagram-kids-after-teen-mental-health-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/27\/facebook-pauses-work-on-instagram-kids-after-teen-mental-health-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook pauses work on Instagram Kids after teen mental health concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Move follows WSJ revelations that Facebook-commissioned research showed Instagram could affect girls\u2019 mental health<\/p>\n<p>Facebook has halted work on its Instagram Kids project after revelations about the photo-sharing app\u2019s impact on teen mental health.<\/p>\n<p>Instagram said it was <a href=\"https:\/\/about.instagram.com\/blog\/announcements\/pausing-instagram-kids\">\u201cpausing\u201d<\/a> work to address concerns raised by parents, experts and regulators. The move follows revelations in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that Facebook had commissioned research showing Instagram could affect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/sep\/18\/teenage-girls-body-image-and-instagrams-perfect-storm\">girls\u2019 mental health<\/a> on issues such as body image and self-esteem.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/sep\/27\/facebook-pauses-instagram-kids-teen-mental-health-concerns\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/92aad9b7a2305513dacd961f72533595b9de23a4\/0_0_3500_2100\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=3fcc0074c5a953746173b022f53fa8df\" title=\"Facebook pauses work on Instagram Kids after teen mental health concerns\" \/>Move follows WSJ revelations that Facebook-commissioned research showed Instagram could affect girls\u2019 mental health<br \/>\nFacebook has halted work on its Instagram Kids project after revelations about the photo-sharing app\u2019s impact on teen mental health.<br \/>\nInstagram said it was \u201cpausing\u201d work to address concerns raised by parents, experts and regulators. The move follows revelations in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that Facebook had commissioned research showing Instagram could affect girls\u2019 mental health on issues such as body image and self-esteem. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Move follows WSJ revelations that Facebook-commissioned research showed Instagram could affect girls\u2019 mental health Facebook has halted work on its Instagram Kids project after revelations about the photo-sharing app\u2019s impact on teen mental health. Instagram said it was \u201cpausing\u201d work to address concerns raised by parents, experts and regulators. The move follows revelations in the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/27\/facebook-pauses-work-on-instagram-kids-after-teen-mental-health-concerns\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Facebook pauses work on Instagram Kids after teen mental health concerns<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}