Instagram recently announced the launch of Teen Accounts, the new system designed to ensure the safety and security of teens on the platform. These accounts come with Built-in protections that limit contact and accessible content, giving parents greater peace of mind about their children’s app use. In fact, for adolescents under the age of 16, a parent’s permission will be required to change these settings, thus allowing strict control over their online experiences.
Furthermore Teen Accounts will be private by default the user will have to accept new followers and unfollowed people will not be able to view their content. Likewise Greater restriction on messages has been implemented young users can in fact receive messages only from users they follow or with whom they are already connected and at the same time they can only be mentioned or tagged by people they follow with an enhancement of the anti-bullying function.
Teen Accounts come with More restrictive settings for controlling sensitive content limiting exposure to inappropriate materials. The Meta-controlled platform has announced that it enforces strict rules on the types of content that can be viewed, removing material that does not comply with the guidelines and limiting recommendations of potentially sensitive content, thus reducing the possibility of exposure to inappropriate content, creating a safer environment for users. young users.
A screen time reminder reminds users through notifications to log out after 60 minutes of use while Sleep Mode is active turns off notifications between 10pm and 7am, facilitating an uninterrupted night’s sleep.
To ensure greater supervision, parents will be able to establish a monitoring system on Instagram. This will allow them to approve or deny their child’s requests to change settings. Additionally, Instagram is implementing measures to verify the age of users, ensuring that teenagers are actually registered as such.