Instagram is being probed by several states of the US such as Texas, Nebraska, Massachusetts, California, Florida, Keutucky, Tenessee, New Jersey and Vermount for its effects on children and young adults, especially the risk it posses to their mental health and well-being.

It has been observed that Meta, the company that runs Instagram, has put profits over safety. The probe seeks to end this behaviour. It will examine the techniques to boost usage among young people. Meta itself has paused plans to create an Instagram for kids when the Wall Street Journal outlined company’s own research on the app’s impact on children, especially teenage girls.