Instagram head Adam Mosseri has said that only a small percentage of teenagers used Instagram's “Take a Break” feature before the company made it a default setting for young users. The feature, which encourages users to step away from Instagram after spending a set amount of time on the app, became a key point of discussion during an ongoing US trial examining whether Meta designed Instagram and Facebook in ways that could make children addicted to them.

The social media giant is being sued by four states who allege it designed Facebook and Instagram to hook kids — and lied to the public about the risks.

OAKLAND, California, Aug 25 : The top executive at Instagram said few teenagers used a key safety feature to limit their use before it was turned on by default, at a trial over…