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1. Report: Facebook delays new products pending reviews

Facebook is delaying the rollout of new products pending a review following a whistleblower's allegation that the company knew content on its platforms could be harmful to users, particularly teens, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. More than a dozen people are conducting "reputational reviews" on new and existing Facebook products, partly to ensure that they don't harm children, the Journal reported. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on the social network that he asked executives to review the products over the next few days. "It's very important to me that everything we build is safe and good for kids," Zuckerberg wrote. The company last week held off on launching Instagram Kids over mental-health concerns.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.