Instagram is hitting pause on a project to build a version of the photo-sharing app for children, the company announced in a blog post Monday. The decision follows months of pressure on the company from lawmakers and children’s safety groups who opposed the planned app. That pressure intensified in recent weeks after the Wall Street Journal published internal research about Instagram’s impact...
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What timing! No one could say they were surprised that Ben Silbermann is stepping down as CEO of Pinterest—that’s something we’ve expected for a while. After all, while he and his co-founder, Evan Sharp, built the business into a public company worth $13 billion—even after the stock plunge of recent months—Silbermann lately has been grappling with falling user numbers in the U.S. No, what is...
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