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Instagram has started testing a new feature called Take a Break to help people take a regular break from using the Meta-owned photo-sharing app and encourage users to engage in it. According to Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, the long-sought take a break feature will remind users that they have spent a long time on the platform.
If you select this, it enables you to take a 10, 20 or 30 minute break from Instagram after spending a certain amount of time on the app, Mosseri said in a video posted on Twitter. Adam Mosseri said Take a Break is expected to become more widely available in December.
Testing “Take a Break” 🧑🔬
We started testing a new feature called “Take a Break” this week. This opt-in control enables you to receive break reminders in-app after a duration of your choosing.
I’m excited to dig into the results & hopefully launch this sometime in December. ✌🏼 pic.twitter.com/WdSTjL6ZdH
— Adam Mosseri 😷 (@mosseri) November 10, 2021
New feature of Instagram being brought for this special reason
The new feature comes amid criticism that Instagram is harmful to its teen age users. Recently, American whistleblower Frances Haughan revealed that popular social media apps can adversely affect the mental health of teens.
Meanwhile, Facebook’s Vice President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg said the photo-sharing platform will introduce new features to remove bad content. “We’re going to present something that I think will make a big difference,” Clegg said. Where our systems see that a teenager is watching the same content over and over again and this is content that may not be good for their well-being, we will encourage them to watch other content.
Let us tell you that recently Instagram has announced new campaigns to spread awareness about safety features and Legal Rights and Protections on the platform. These campaigns will also include a variety of creators who will appear in content in different languages to help youth across the country.
(with IANS input)
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