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Richard Blumenthal: “There is no excuse for it. But it dramatically shows one of the key failings of Instagram and a lot of these tech…”

On the recordDecember 7, 2021
There is no excuse for it. But it dramatically shows one of the key failings of Instagram and a lot of these tech platforms, which is they have no responsiveness to parents, or anyone else reporting this toxic addictive content that is driven to children.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal criticized Instagram for failing to respond to reports of harmful content affecting children.

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