Instagram Kids will suffer a development outage, announced this Monday, September 27, Facebook, the company that also owns Instagram. The reason for the pause stems from an investigation by the Washington Post that revealed that Facebook knew about the harmful effects and did not disclose them in a study of the social network targeting youth between the ages of 10 and 12. However, the company founded by Mark Zuckerberg defends itself against the newspaper’s allegations.

In a statement, it was said that the survey – which was not disclosed – showed that “teens report both positive and negative experiences with social media.” Adam Mosseri, general manager of Instagram, confirmed on Twitter that the social network is not aimed at children, but rather a younger audience, and that despite the discontinuation the launch of the app “is the right thing to do”. For the Instagram GM, the new platform will allow responding to a request that has also been verified on YouTube or TikTok.

Facebook will take advantage of the break to develop the Instagram Kids platform for “Continue to work with parents, guardians and experts to ensure you are able to address all current concernss,” he says.

Instagram for kids aged 10-12 is another attempt by the company to reach a younger audience, since December 2017, Facebook has already launched Messenger Kids. The chat was eventually discontinued due to the fact that adults also had access to it.