Massachusetts Senator Edward J. Markey and Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal are concerned over Meta's move to open Horizon World to users as young as 13.
that claims Meta was aware of just how impressionable teen users on Instagram were, with internal research revealing that 32% of teen girls reported that Instagram made them feel worse about their bodies.
Markey and Blumenthal write that Meta has a “documented track record of failure to protect children and teens.”reported on an internal Meta memo, which reportedly outlined plans to revamp Horizon Worlds, including opening the platform up to users age 13 to 17., and the extension into teen territory could happen as soon as March.
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