Instagram Launches New 'Teen Accounts' with Privacy Controls Amid Growing Concerns
Instagram announced tighter privacy settings for younger users on Tuesday. These restrictions include the requirement for ‘Teen Accounts’ and parental controls that limit what children can view.
All Instagram accounts belonging to users under the age of 18 in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia will become ‘Teen Accounts’ within 60 days and be set to private by default. Besides other new privacy settings and limitations, the new account type, called Teen Accounts, will only allow messages from users they follow or are already connected to. It will also put users in sleep mode between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. to encourage sleep, and it will give users access to the most restrictive tier of the app's settings for viewing sensitive content.
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Users who are 16 or 17 years old can adjust their settings, but the company states that users under 16 must have parental consent via their parent's Instagram account. Along with additional monitoring tools, parents will be able to see which accounts their children are messaging from, though they won't be able to read the messages.
Instagram said it will use artificial intelligence to proactively find these teens and put them into more restricted accounts if they try to trick the platform by changing their birthday.
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