Facebook To Add Safety Features

Facebook ($FB@US) announced it will implement new tools to divert users away from harmful content, limit political content and give parents more control on teen Instagram accounts. Specifics of the tools are not yet available, but one measure will urge users who are on Facebook’s platform Instagram for long periods to take a break. Another will nudge teens looking at content harmful to their well-being to look at something else. Facebook also claims the company’s planned Instagram Kids, a service for children 13 and younger, is a part of the solution. The announcement follows the Senate testimony of whistleblower Frances Haugen, which highlighted that the company consistently puts its own profits over users’ health and safety.