"Facebook has shown us once again that it's incapable of holding itself accountable," said Blumenthal, the chair of the Senate Commerce Committee's consumer protection panel.
The programme includes an e-learning course, aimed at encouraging, educating and enabling creators even more on the platform
Facebook has been under fire for the past week after a report said internal documents showed that the social media company was aware that Instagram harmed the mental health of young users
Social media giant Facebook in comparison in the second quarter had 3.51 billion monthly users across its family of apps, up from 3.45 billion in the first quarter
Instagram has hit pause on a new app it is creating for kids, the photo-sharing service owned by Facebook Inc said on Monday, in a move that comes amid growing opposition for the project
The announcement follows a withering series by the Wall Street Journal, which reported that Facebook was aware that the use of Instagram by some teenage girls led to mental health issues and anxiety
Facebook's policy of pursuing profits regardless of documented harm has sparked comparisons to Big Tobacco, which knew in the 1950s that its products were carcinogenic but publicly denied it
In a bid to make the platform safer for its younger audience, the Facebook-owned Instagram is asking users to supply their date of birth
Dozens of desperate Afghans who had been trying to flee the Taliban before Tuesday's deadline for the US withdrawal from Kabul made it to safety with help from an unexpected place
Facebook-owned Instagram is ditching the "swipe-up" link in Instagram Stories starting on August 30
More than 200 million businesses, mostly small ones, use Instagram tools to connect with customers
After Twitter, apex child rights body NCPCR on Friday asked Facebook to take action against the Instagram profile of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
Facebook, the world's largest social media company, bought Giphy, a website for making and sharing animated images, or GIFs, in May last year to integrate it with its photo-sharing app, Instagram
Instagram will promote the concept of private account among youngsters, flag "potentially suspicious accounts"
Defaulting accounts of the under-16 to private setting with less targeted advertising
The feature enables two users to jointly content with each of their followers
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's photo-sharing app Instagram will give users control over how much sensitive content they will see under its "Explore" tab, the company said on Tuesday.