"The goal of Instagram's teen accounts is to reduce exposure to mature material, such as graphic violence, explicit sexual content, strong language and risky stunts, while giving parents more control over what their teens see. Meta, Instagram's parent company, acknowledged that teens may try to avoid these restrictions, so it's using age-prediction technology to apply protections even when users misreport their age. The AI system looks for behavioral and contextual clues that someone claiming to be 18 might actually be younger. It's not perfect, but it's far more reliable than relying on self-reported birthdays."
"Under the new system, anyone under 18 is automatically placed into 13+ mode. Teens can't disable it themselves. Parental consent is required to loosen settings. Instagram's filters screen out content outside PG-13 norms, including strong profanity, depictions of drug use or dangerous stunts. Accounts that repeatedly post mature content will be hidden or made harder to find, and search results will block sensitive or graphic terms, even when misspelled."
Instagram automatically places all users under 18 into Teen Accounts that default to PG-13 content limits and cannot be disabled by teens. Age-prediction AI applies protections when users misreport their age by analyzing behavioral and contextual clues. Filters screen out strong profanity, depictions of drug use, dangerous stunts, and other mature material, and accounts that repeatedly post such content are hidden or made harder to find. Search results block sensitive or graphic terms, including misspellings. A Limited Content Mode offers stricter filtering for families, and parents can set daily time limits and see if teens are interacting with AI characters. Repeatedly offending accounts are blocked from following or messaging teens.
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