Meta is introducing additional safety features for teen users on its Instagram platform, including new safeguards in direct messaging aimed at preventing what the company calls "direct and indirect ...

Instagram’s controversial new “Map” feature carries “significant public safety and data privacy concerns” that could endanger kids, a bipartisan group of 37 state attorneys general warned in a letter ...

(Reuters) -Numerous safety features that Meta has said it has implemented to protect young users on Instagram over the years do not work well or, in some cases, don't exist, according to a report from ...

Meta is changing how teens use Instagram, rolling out new restrictions as pressure mounts over the app’s impact on young people’s mental health. "We really do have your back. We have done so much ...

A new report from a Meta whistleblower and university researchers found that many of Instagram’s teen safety features, introduced over the years in the face of congressional and public pressure, fall ...

Teens will now see more information about who they're chatting with, like when the Instagram account was created and other safety tips, to spot potential scammers. Teens will also be able to block and ...

Meta is rolling out new protections aimed at making social media safer for young people. In September 2024, Instagram introduced Teen Accounts, which come with built-in safeguards that limit who can ...

37 state attorneys general urge Meta to restrict Instagram’s new real-time location-sharing tool, citing risks to children and vulnerable users. The feature, called Map, launched Aug. 6 and shows ...

A teenager holds a phone whose screen displays the Instagram social media logo.Vincent Feuray—Hans Lucas / AFP / Getty Images Senior Correspondent Teens on Instagram continue to face safety issues on ...