Instagram Unveils Teen Privacy Protections

Instagram launched Teen Accounts, with protections limiting who can contact teen users and monitoring the content they see, it said Tuesday. People younger than 16 will need parental permission to change any of the built-in protections to make them less strict. "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," Instagram said. The product is default private, with Instagram users who aren't following teens unable to see their content or interact with them, it said. As such, only people teens follow or are already connected to them can message Teen Accounts users, it added. Instagram will automatically place teens in the most-restrictive setting of its sensitive-content control. After using Instagram for 60 minutes daily, teens will receive a notice from Teen Accounts telling them to leave the app.