If we see a teen who has an account once we make this announcement try to set up an additional account and register as an adult, we're going to ask them to verify their age,
Certainly, when I was a teen, my parents could get a lot from hearing my side of a phone conversation. They could get a lot by seeing who it was that I was interacting with and which friends I hadn't had over in a while,
This new experience is designed to better support parents and give them peace of mind that their teens are safe with the right protections in place,
The new Teen Account protections are designed to address parents’ biggest concerns including who their teens are talking to online and the content they’re seeing,
Instagram Teen Accounts reflect the importance of tailoring teens' online experiences to their developmental stages, and implementing appropriate protections."
With teens automatically placed in Teen Accounts and certain privacy settings turned on by default, this update demonstrates that Meta is taking steps to empower parents and deliver safer, more age-appropriate experiences on the platform."
Facebook's own research says it is not just that Instagram is dangerous for teenagers, that it harms teenagers, it's that it is distinctly worse than other forms of social media."
We're reimagining our apps for teens with new Teen Accounts,
The three concerns we’re hearing from parents are that their teens are seeing content that they don’t want to see or that they’re getting contacted by people they don’t want to be contacted by or that they’re spending too much on the app,
Parents will be able to see, via the family center, who is messaging their teen and hopefully have a conversation with their teen,
We’re asking parents to manage a technology that’s rapidly evolving that fundamentally changes how their kids think about themselves, how they build friendships, how they experience the world — and technology, by the way, that prior generations never had to manage,
Sensitive content,” such as videos of people fighting or those promoting cosmetic procedures, will be limited
One of the things we do find … is that even when we build these controls, parents don’t use them,
Well what we want to [do] is to get our kids off their devices and on to the footy fields or the netball courts, to get them interacting with real people, having real experiences,
Parents everywhere are thinking about these issues,
For the teen who plays soccer and is on the soccer team and is trying to perfect a particular kick or a particular pass, they’re going to use social media to figure that out, and in a way that we might not have done, and in some ways that’s the real value,
And we’re also working on a technology to try to predict, for people that have a stated age as an adult, do we think they’re lying and they might actually be a teen,
If you have one account and then you try to create a new account on the same phone, we will ask you to age-verify, so asking for a government ID or asking for a video selfie to prove your age,
Our approach really is to give parents control,
Everyone under 18, creators included, will be put into teen accounts,