"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. For families seeking tighter limits, Instagram is adding a Limited Content Mode that filters even more posts, comments, and AI interactions."
Instagram now places all users under 18 into Teen Accounts that default to content roughly equivalent to a PG-13 movie rating and prevent teens from disabling those settings. Age-prediction technology supplements self-reported ages to apply protections when necessary. Filters remove strong profanity, depictions of drug use, graphic sexual content, dangerous stunts and other mature material, and search results block sensitive or graphic terms, including misspellings. Parents must consent to loosen settings and can choose a stricter Limited Content Mode, set daily time limits, monitor AI character chats, and enforce blocks that sever comments, messages and visibility for accounts that repeatedly share inappropriate material.
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