Despite Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META), formerly Facebook, promising to provide an age-appropriate experience for young users, it has been revealed that Instagram‘s algorithm continues to recommend ...

Instagram recommended hashtags related to illegal drugs to teenagers as young as 13, researchers at the Tech Transparency Project found. "The platform's algorithms helped the underage accounts connect ...

Meta — the parent company of Instagram and Facebook — has been fueling what the U.S. surgeon general calls “a national youth mental health crisis.” Features like curated algorithms, infinite scrolling ...

Instagram probably hasn’t done enough to explain why the platform removes content, why some information is recommended, and how the platform works more broadly, Stacey Houston, senior UX researcher at ...