Social Media News Meta Launches Instagram For Teens To Address Social Media Concerns

Meta launches Instagram for teens to address social media concerns

(CBS News Texas) - Meta on Tuesday launched Instagram Teen Accounts, a more limited experience for younger users of the platform, in what is the technology company’s latest effort to assuage concerns ... Read More

Meta strengthens teen safety with expanded accounts

Meta is rolling out new protections aimed at making social media safer for young people. In September 2024, Instagram introduced Teen Accounts, which come with built-in safeguards that limit who can ... Read More

Meta under scrutiny over child safety as Instagram rolls out ‘PG-13’ rules for teens

Meta is changing how teens use Instagram, rolling out new restrictions as pressure mounts over the app’s impact on young people’s mental health. "We really do have your back. We have done so much ... Read More

Instagram says it's overhauling how teens experience the app, making it more ‘PG-13’

Instagram said Tuesday that it would overhaul its approach to teenagers’ accounts and try to crack down on their access to objectionable content after a firestorm of bad publicity over how teens use ... Read More

Instagram's 'deliberate design choices' make it unsafe for teens despite Meta promises, report says

Meta’s efforts at addressing teen safety and mental health on its platforms have long been met with criticism that the changes don’t go far enough. Now, the report’s authors claim Meta has chosen not ... Read More

Meta restricts Instagram content for teens with PG-13 safeguards

Teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won't be able to change their settings without a parent's permission, Meta announced on Tuesday.This means kids using ... Read More

Instagram Teen Accounts are now rated PG-13

Instagram teens will experience the app like its a PG-13 movie, says Meta. Credit: Meta Meta is launching two versions of Teen Accounts — the tentpole youth safety product for Instagram and Facebook ... Read More

Instagram introduces new restrictions for teen accounts, guided by PG-13 movie ratings

Instagram-parent Meta announced Tuesday that teen users will now see content on Instagram that's similar to what they might see while watching a film with a PG-13 rating. That's because new content ... Read More

Motion Picture Association demands Meta drop PG-13 label from Instagram teen filters

The Motion Picture Association has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Meta, objecting to the social media platform's use of filters inspired by the PG-13 movie rating system for content moderation on ... Read More

Local schools cautiously optimistic about new social media anti-bullying program

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has introduced a new school partnership program aimed at tackling cyberbullying and other online issues. Jennifer ... Read More

Instagram will soon let parents stop teens from chatting with AI characters

Instagram will launch new safety features for teens, including the ability for parents to prevent their kids from chatting with the platform’s AI characters, parent-company Meta announced Friday. It’s ... Read More