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Meta refused to switch a teen safety tool on by default, jury told

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Someone inside Instagram proposed switching its break reminder on by default. The proposal was rejected because the cost to the app’s core metrics was not desirable. George Volichenko, a former Meta data scientist, told that to a jury in Oakland this week. Mike Swift reported the testimony from the…

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  1. 2026-08-25 20:05 · The Next Web
    Meta refused to switch a teen safety tool on by default, jury told

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