Meta has rolled out new safety features designed to safeguard teens using its platforms(Instagram). These include details about accounts that send them messages and a simple one tap option to block and report those accounts.
On Wednesday, the company revealed that it has taken down thousands of accounts that were posting sexualized comments or asking for sexual images from adult managed accounts of children under 13.
According to Meta’s blog post, 135,000 of these accounts were making comments, while another 500,000 were associated with accounts that “engaged in inappropriate interactions”.
Meta announced that teenage users have blocked over a million accounts and flagged another million after receiving a “safety notice” that advises them to “be careful with private messages and to block and report anything that makes them feel uneasy”.
Earlier this year, Meta started testing artificial intelligence to figure out if kids are lying about their ages on Instagram, which is really only for those over 13. If they find out a user is not being truthful about their age, that account will automatically switch to a teen account, which has more limitations compared to an adult account.
Teen accounts are set to private by default. This means private messages are limited, so teens can only get them from people they follow or are already connected with.
In 2024, the company made sure that teen accounts are private by default.
The new measures come as social media companies are under more pressure to address how their platforms impact the mental health and well being of younger users. This involves safeguarding children from predatory adults and scammers who request and then blackmail them for nude images.
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