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Childrens teams urge Zuckerberg to cancel plans for Instagram for youths

Dozens of children’s advocacy teams have referred to as on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to scrap plans for a type of photo-sharing and body-shaming app Instagram for youths underneath 13, pronouncing it would “put younger customers at nice danger.”
Dozens of children’s advocacy groups have called on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to scrap plans for a version of photo-sharing and body-shaming app Instagram for kids under 13, saying it would “put young users at great risk.”Original article
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