Social media platforms are trying to make online spaces safer for kids. Parents are pleased, but there's still more to do.

Meta plans to use AI to estimate Instagram users' ages, switching those suspected of being under 18 to teen accounts for ...

This is a significant step for Instagram in improving safety for younger users. With Teen Accounts defaulting to private settings and offering parental supervision tools, the platform is hoping to ...

The software can sift through a user’s profile, see what content they interact with, among other things. Read more at ...

Instagram is overhauling the way it works for teenagers, promising more "built-in protections" for young people and added controls and reassurance for parents. The new “teen accounts” are ...

It comes nearly a month after the platform rolled out “Instagram Teen Accounts,” with a host of changes for young users. The teen accounts are now private by default for all users younger than ...

Instagram has launched its new ‘Teen Accounts’ aimed at protecting teens from sextortion attempts on the social media platform, despite criticism that the measures do not go far enough.

Those found to be under 18 will reportedly be switched to new ‘teen accounts,’ introduced in September, which include tighter ...

Meta’s latest move to curb underage access on Instagram is the introduction of an AI tool called "adult classifier" that ...

Due to regulations and pressure from civil society, social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram impose several ...

Meta revealed that it is working on a new AI powered tool that will help determine if a person signing up for Instagram is a ...