Instagram to roll out ‘take a break’ feature and ‘nudge’ teens away from harmful content

In a bid to make Instagram a safe place for young users, the photo sharing app will now introduce a feature to nudge teenagers away from harmful content and encourage them to ‘take a break’. As per a report by news agency Reuters, the new features were announced by Facebook vice president of global affairs Nick Clegg.

Interestingly, this announcement has come days after an ex-Facebook employee turned whistleblower made shocking claims about Facebook harming teenagers.

Clegg told CNN, “We’re going to introduce something which I think will make a considerable difference, which is where our systems see that a teenager is looking at the same content over and over again,