Instagram Rolls Out Restrictive New Privacy Settings for Teenagers
New rules are mandatory for those younger than 16
The new account settings represent the company’s most aggressive effort to date to protect younger users.
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Instagram is changing the default privacy settings for many US teenagers, part of an effort to keep them safer and give parents more control over how their kids interact online.
The new settings will make teen accounts private by default, limit who those users can send private messages to, and put teens in the “most restrictive” tier when it comes to viewing sensitive content. That means the app will block teens from seeing sensitive photos and videos, including posts that show people fighting or certain cosmetic procedures.