At Trial, Instagram Head Denies Having ‘Stalled’ Teen ‘Take a Break’ Feature Despite Slow Rollout
THE SO WHAT
The bar for what counts as a ‘reasonable’ rollout pace on safety features is being litigated in real time — slow, opt-in UX changes are now legal risk, not just PR risk. If your product touches minors, treat safety defaults and deployment timelines as board-level issues, not incremental experiments.
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