Religious Leaders Ask Zuckerberg to Drop Plans for Kids' Version of Instagram

A coalition of 75 faith leaders signed a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta, asking him to ditch permanently plans to create an Instagram platform for kids under 13. In September, the company said it would put the plans on pause after internal documents leaked by a whistleblower escalated scrutiny on Instagram’s impact on teen and youth users, but it did not go so far as to totally drop the plans — as advocates and lawmakers have pushed for.