Instagram’s dangers to children unite liberal and conservative lawmakers who agree on little else
WASHINGTON – Near the end of a dramatic hearing this month on the harm Instagram poses to teenagers, Sen. Richard Blumenthal picked up his phone and read a text from a distraught parent who was watching the proceedings live.
“I am in tears right now,” the father wrote, describing how his 15-year-old daughter – who once loved her body – had developed an eating disorder after posting images constantly on Instagram.