New Delhi: Meta has announced the expansion of Instagram Teen Accounts to India, which will be rolled out in a phased manner in the country.
“We’re Expanding Instagram Teen Accounts to India to ENSURE BULT-In Protections for Teens and Reassure Parents of Their Teen’s Safe Experience,” Said Meta.
“At Meta, Creating a Safer and More Responsible Digital Environment is a Top Priority. With the expansion of Instagram Teen Accounts to India, We are Strengthaning Protections, Enhancing Controls, and Empolaring Parents Whilel ENSURING A SAFERENGE FORENEGES, ” Rector, Public Policy India, Instagram.
Here are 10 key feature of Instagram Teen Accounts in India
1. by default, Teen Accounts Are Set to Private, Meaning They Must Approve New Followers, and Non-Followers Cannot View or Interact with their content.
2. This applies to all users Under 16 (Both existing and new) and those under 18 when signing up.
3. Teens will have the strictest messaging settings enabled, allowing them to receive messages only from people they follow or are alredy connected with.
4. Teens will automatically be placed in the most restrictive setting, Limiting their expenses s.
5. Teens can only be tagged or mentioned by people they follow. Additional, the strictest version of the anti-bulling feature, Hidden words, will be enabled by default to filter out offensive language in comments and dm requests.
6. Teens will receive notifications prompting them to exit the app after 60 minters of daily usage.
7. Sleep Mode will be enabled from 10 PM to 7 am, muting notifications and automatically sending replies to DMS overnight.
8. Parents can see a list of people their teen have messaged in the past Seven Days (without reading message content).
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10. Parents can restrint instagram access at night or during designated times with a simple toggle.