Team Meta Launches Teen Account on Instagram intended to be used by teenagers under the age of 16, as it will have additional protections.
In addition to having greater protection than the personal account that an adult usually has on Instagram, this one also will allow parents to be aware of their children’s activities when using said social network.
What features and limitations does the Instagram teen account offer?
The functions offered by Instagram accounts for teenagers are very varied. What is certain is that their goal is to protect the little ones. Some of the features it will bring are as follows:
- Setting daily time limits for using Instagram: Parents can decide how much time their kids can spend on Instagram each day, and once that time is up, they won’t be able to continue on the app.
- Block teens from using Instagram for a certain period: With the push of a button, parents can prevent their children from using Instagram at a specific time, such as at night.
- Find out who your kids are talking to via direct message: The teen account will let you know who your child has chatted with in the last seven days, but it won’t let you see what messages they’ve sent.
- Control the topics your child watches: Parents will be able to know what topics their teenagers choose to view on Instagram.
- Private accounts and limited messages by default: These accounts will be private and cannot be made public. This way, people who do not follow them cannot see their content or interact with them, and only those who admit them as followers will be able to do so. In turn, they will only be able to receive messages from people they are already connected with or from those they follow.
- Limited interactions: The tagging feature will be limited to people you follow on Instagram. It will also have an anti-harassment filter that will filter out words or phrases that could be considered abusive or offensive, and this will apply to both comments and direct messages.
- Strict blocking of sensitive content: Content that is harmful to teens, such as people arguing or undergoing cosmetic procedures, will be restricted content. In fact, the Meta team explained that these accounts will have the most stringent sensitive content filtering settings. If you want to know what content will be filtered, here they explain it.
- A sleep mode: This mode on the kids account will be activated at 10:00 PM and deactivated at 7:00 AM. During this time, notifications will be muted.
If teenagers under 16 want to use less protective settings on Instagram, To do this they will need their parents’ permission. The detail is that, to obtain the permission, the teenagers will have to have activated parental supervision.
If you have a child over the age of 16 and you want to have more control over their social media activities, Also You can do this if you enable parental supervision. This way, you can approve any changes to settings regardless of your child’s age.
What is the expected date for its launch?
As explained in the Facebook BlogThese types of accounts will arrive in the United States, England, Canada and Australia within 60 days. They will arrive in the EU at the end of 2024 and will be available for the rest of the world early next year. Also in the future there will be accounts for teenagers on other Meta platforms as well.
This measure represents a huge shift in Meta’s policy regarding how social networks can influence teenagers. We have not forgotten how in 2021 The managers of the above mentioned company denied not in one, but inside On two occasions, their social networks had a detrimental effect on the mental health of adolescents.
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