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The life and career rise of Instagram head Adam Mosseri, the Facebook exec behind 'like' counts disappearing

Paige Leskin   

The life and career rise of Instagram head Adam Mosseri, the Facebook exec behind 'like' counts disappearing
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Adam Mosseri

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  • Adam Mosseri has now been the head of Instagram for over a year, since the photo-sharing app's cofounders abruptly left their jobs at Facebook.
  • Mosseri, 36, has pushed changes on Instagram meant to curb bullying and improve users' mental health. His most notable measure has been testing the removal of public likes from the platform, which could roll out to everyone in 2020.
  • Here's everything you need to know about the head of Instagram: an employee at Facebook for more than a decade, a "close confidant" to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and a father of two.
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