Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people’s lives. Beginning ...

Despite years of congressional hearings, lawsuits, academic research, whistleblowers and testimony from parents and teenagers about the dangers of Instagram, Meta's wildly popular app has failed to ...

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has defended new tools designed to make its apps safer for ...

Research suggests that 30 out of 47 Instagram safety tools for teens were "substantially ineffective or no longer exist".

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Late in 2024, Meta introduced Instagram Teen accounts, a safety net intended to protect young minds from sensitive content and ensure that they have safe online interactions, bolstered by age ...

Following years of criticism for its handling of the youth mental health crisis, Instagram has invested heavily in beefing up its teen safety features, including an entirely new way for underage users ...

Instagram Reels with sensitive content has flooded social media since last night, leaving netizens disturbed. This sudden ...

Meta has good news for Instagram users unhappy with their recommendations algorithm. The company is testing a feature that would allow users to get new recommended content. Meta is gearing the feature ...