# Instagram chief testifies that few teens used safety feature before default rollout

https://mins.news/en/item/32574

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-26 03:40 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/26/instagram-chief-testifies-at-meta-trial-says-few-teens-used-safety-feature?traffic_source=rss

> Instagram head Adam Mosseri testified in the landmark U.S. trial against Meta that only about 1 to 2 percent of teen accounts used the “Take a Break” feature before it became a default setting. Twenty-nine states accuse Meta of designing platforms to hook young users and improperly collecting data from children under 13; Meta denies the claims.

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