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Instagram makes 'teen accounts' more restrictive

Instagram is tightening the settings on its "teen accounts" to add new limits on what kids on the platform are able to see. Older teens will also no longer be able to opt out of the default stricter settings without parental approval. Meta first introduced teen accounts for Instagram a year ago, when it began automatically moving teens into the more locked-down accounts that come with stricter privacy settings and parental controls. The company recently rolled out the accounts for teens on Facebook and Messenger too, and has used AI tools to detect teens that are lying about their age. While teen accounts are meant to address long-running criticism about Meta's handling of teen safety on its apps, the measures have been widely criticized as not going far enough to protect [...]

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Meta is using its AI age-detection tech to shuffle more young users into teen accounts

Meta says it's doing more to make sure as many of its younger users as possible are using the teen accounts that it has rolled out for Instagram, Facebook and Messenger. Starting today, it's [...]

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Meta is adding new safety features to kid-focused IG accounts run by adults

Meta is adding some of its teen safety features to Instagram accounts featuring children, even if they're ran by adults. While children under 13 years of age aren't allowed to sign up on the [...]

Match Score: 108.77

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Meta will "substantially reduce" describing Instagram teen accounts as PG-13

Meta has agreed to "substantially reduce” its use of the PG-13 ratings system in relation to its Teen Accounts on Instagram starting April 15.<br /> Last year, the Motion Picture Associat [...]

Match Score: 101.88

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The MPA tells Meta to stop using PG-13 to describe teen accounts

The Motion Picture Association doesn’t share Meta’s view that the content people under the age of 18 might encounter on an Instagram Teen Account is comparable to what you might find in a PG-13 mo [...]

Match Score: 100.35

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How to use (or turn off) your Instagram Map

Instagram Map, the new Instagram feature copying Snapchat's Snap Map, makes it simple to share your location with friends. So simple you might not understand who you're sharing it without di [...]

Match Score: 96.31

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Meta rolls out teen accounts for Facebook and Messenger across the world

Meta is starting to move more teens on Facebook and Messenger into dedicated "teen accounts" that have added parental controls and other protections for younger users. The expansion comes as [...]

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Meta brings ‘teen accounts’ to Facebook and Messenger

Meta is bringing its “teen accounts” to Facebook and Messenger. Like on Instagram, the company will begin automatically moving younger teens to the new accounts, which come with mandatory parental [...]

Match Score: 88.32

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Adam Mosseri says 'people are confused' about how the Instagram map works

Yesterday, Meta introduced a new map feature that's almost identical to Snapchat's Snap Map. The feature has quickly sparked a backlash, though, and not just because it's yet another ex [...]

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Instagram says accounts 'are secure' after wave of suspicious password reset requests

If you received a bunch of password reset requests from Instagram recently, you're not alone. Malwarebytes, an antivirus software company, initially reported that there was a data breach revealin [...]

Match Score: 77.76