The social media app says new privacy settings and features will create more age-appropriate experiences for youth under 18. By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer covers children’s online privacy. See more ...

Instagram on Tuesday announced restrictive privacy settings for younger users on the social media platform, including mandatory “Teen Accounts” and parental controls limiting what children can view, ...

Instagram has officially launched its new Teen Accounts feature, marking one of Meta's biggest efforts to date to bolster safety for its youngest users online. The new accounts, automatically assigned ...

Families and legislators have been putting pressure on Instagram and other social media platforms to make the internet safer for teens, and their efforts have finally come to (at least some) fruition.

Teenagers across the world will experience something slightly different when they open Instagram over the next few weeks: Meta will now designate users under 18 as "Teen Accounts" — by default. Teen ...

After years of scrutiny over its handling of teen safety on its platform, Meta is introducing a new type of account that will soon be required for all teens under 16 on Instagram. The new "teen ...

Meta is introducing additional safeguards for Instagram accounts run by adults that primarily feature children, the company announced in a blog post on Wednesday. These accounts will automatically be ...

Instagram teens will experience the app like its a PG-13 movie, says Meta. Credit: Meta Meta is launching two versions of Teen Accounts — the tentpole youth safety product for Instagram and Facebook ...