Facebook, Instagram & Messenger Updating Teen Safety

Meta is expanding its content settings for teen accounts on its Facebook, Instagram and Messenger platforms in a bid to keep kids safer online. Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook, Messenger and WhatsApp, says teenagers who use accounts under Meta’s expanded teen account settings won’t be able to see inappropriate content in their Facebook Feed and Reels or within Messenger, and their ability to interact with certain Facebook Profiles, Pages, Groups and Events that “primarily post inappropriate content” or chat with Messenger accounts that post inappropriate content will be restricted. The social media and technology company also said it is testing ways to restrict teens from seeing too many posts in their apps’ Explore, Feed and Reels tabs about certain topics that may be helpful at first but could veer into harmful territory if shown repeatedly, such as posts about nutrition, weightlifting and coping with anxiety. Meta said the new updates are rolling out globally.

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Source: ABC News