Meta Expands Teen Restrictions on Instagram, Facebook, Messenger

Meta says it will broaden restrictions to prevent minors from being exposed to inappropriate content.
Meta Expands Teen Restrictions on Instagram, Facebook, Messenger
Instagram app on a smartphone in an illustration taken on July 13, 2021. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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Meta is adding more restrictions to its social media apps to prevent underage users from being exposed to inappropriate content.

Building on its September 2024 launch of “Teen Accounts” on Instagram—which automatically defaults younger users to private profiles and prevents them from accessing certain features—Meta announced on Tuesday that it will broaden Instagram restrictions and make similar protections available on Facebook and Messenger.