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Instagram Introduces Teen-Friendly Accounts with Enhanced Privacy Features

Instagram Introduces Teen-Friendly Accounts with Enhanced Privacy Features

Meta new rules for Teen accounts

Written by Jayveer Singh | Updated: 19 September 2024 18:00 IST

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Instagram Introduces Teen-Friendly Accounts with Enhanced Privacy Features

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Highlights

Meta new rules for Teen accounts
Teen accounts will be private
It will have more parental control

Instagram often faces backlash for being unable to protect children on the app. Now, keeping that in mind, Instagram has announced tighter privacy settings for younger users. These restrictions include the requirement for ‘Teen Accounts' and parental controls that limit what children can view.

Meta New Rules For Teen Accounts:

Meta said users under 16 will now need a parent's approval to change the restricted settings, dubbed "Teen Accounts," which filter out offensive words and limit who can contact them.

"It's addressing the same three concerns we're hearing from parents around unwanted contact, inappropriate contact, and time spent," said Naomi Gleit, Meta's head of product, in an interview with NPR.

Instagram Introduces Teen-Friendly Accounts with Enhanced Privacy Features

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With teens all being switched to private accounts, they can only be messaged or tagged by people they follow. Content from accounts they don't follow will be in the most restrictive setting, and the app will make periodic screen time reminders under a revamped "take a break" feature.

About Teen Accounts:

Teen Accounts are the accounts of users whose age lies under the age of 18. To provide a safer online experience, these accounts have default privacy settings that restrict who they can message and what content they can view.

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