Meta, Instagram’s parent company, has announced that they are introducing ‘Instagram Teen Accounts,’ that will automatically be set to private. According to Meta, it’s “a new experience for teens, guided by parents.”
Anyone under under 18 who signs up for Instagram will be placed into restrictive teen accounts and those with existing accounts will be migrated over the next 60 days.
The new Teen Accounts will have built-in protections which limit who can contact them and the content they see. They will automatically place teens into Teen Accounts, and teens under 16 will need a parent’s permission to change any of these settings to be less strict.
From Meta:
This new experience is designed to better support parents, and give them peace of mind that their teens are safe with the right protections in place. The new Teen Account protections are designed to address parents’ biggest concerns, including who their teens are talking to online, the content they’re seeing and whether their time is being well spent. These protections are turned on automatically, and parents decide if teens under 16 can change any of these settings to be less strict.
Teens that attempt to lie about their age will be required to verify their age.
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