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Meta is launching two versions of Teen Accounts — the tentpole youth safety product for Instagram and Facebook users — that fashions the default Instagram experience into a PG-13 rated movie. Inspired ...

Although social media can have benefits, it can also have significant negative consequences for mental health.

Instagram will help parents quickly act when their children engage with self-harm based content by sending parental alerts.

Instagram said Tuesday it will start limiting content for teen users to what they would typically see in a PG-13 rated film, while also offering more robust parental controls for those who want “a ...

We'll begin notifying parents if their teen repeatedly tries to search for terms related to self-harm, so they have the information they need to support them.

The Motion Picture Association is asking Meta to stop referring to content shown to teen accounts on Instagram as "guided by PG-13 ratings," saying it is misleading and could erode trust in its movie ...

Meta is rolling out what it describes as its biggest update yet to Instagram's "Teen Accounts" with new protections guided by PG-13 movie ratings. The company revealed on Tuesday that beginning this ...