Your Teen's Instagram Account Protections Are Coming to Facebook and Messenger

Worried about what your kids might be up to on social media? If so, Meta's continued crackdown on teen safety might come as a relief. The company announced Tuesday that, starting immediately, it's expanding its Instagram Teen Accounts to other platforms, specifically, Facebook and Messenger. It also announced additional built-in protections for Instagram Teen Accounts. These will prevent children under the age of 16 from going live on the platform or turning off blurred images, which protect against suspected nudity in direct messages, without parental permission. Meta first launched Instagram Teen Accounts back in September 2024, in a bid to make the platform a safer place for kids and provide more oversight and supervision options for parents. In an update on Tuesday, the company said it had switched 54 million accounts to become Teen Accounts so far, with more to go. The accounts offer built-in protections, including being set to private by default and a hidden words feature, whic ... Read full article.