Teenagers on Instagram using teen-specific accounts now have their content restricted. Haggai Davis, the chief operating officer of 180 Pros, a Baton Rouge IT services company, says from now on, the content they will be able to see on Instagram will be similar to what they can expect to see at a PG-13 movie.
“Your kids are not going to be seeing any kind of content that’s not family-friendly or that might have some violence or some adult-oriented content,” Davis said.
Davis says Instagram’s parent company, Meta, is also adding a feature that allows parents to set an even stricter setting for their children.
“The parents have to have an Instagram account as well, to be able to put in the parental guidance or restrictions to the teens,” Davis noted.
Parents will be able to control things like political content and even the time of day when they can access the site. Davis says regardless of their settings or whether their kids’ accounts are teen-specific, there’s certain content they should never have to worry about their kids getting access to.
“If they sense any kind of nudity or violence or hate speech, or any kind of radicalization content that goes against their standards, then Meta will take it down,” Davis explained.
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