"Instagram's tools designed to protect teenagers from harmful content are failing to stop them from seeing suicide and self-harm posts, a study has claimed."
"The testing, by child safety groups and cyber researchers, found 30 out of 47 safety tools for teens on Instagram were "substantially ineffective or no longer exist"."
"Researchers also said the social media platform, owned by Meta, encouraged children "to post content that received highly sexualised comments from adults"."
""This report repeatedly misrepresents our efforts to empower parents and protect teens, misstating how our safety tools work and how millions of parents and teens are using them today," a Meta spokesperson told the BBC. "Teen Accounts lead the industry because they provide automatic safety protections and straightforward parental controls.""
Instagram's safety measures for teens fail to prevent exposure to suicide, self-harm, and sexualised content, according to testing by child safety groups and cyber researchers. Researchers set up fake teen accounts and found that 30 of 47 safety tools were substantially ineffective or no longer exist. Nine tools reduced harm but had limitations, and only eight operated effectively. The analysis accused Instagram of encouraging children to post content that received highly sexualised comments from adults. Meta disputed the findings, asserting that Teen Accounts provide automatic safety protections and parental controls, and said its protections reduced teens' exposure to harmful content.
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