Last year, we reimagined the Instagram experience for teens \u2013 and their parents \u2013 by introducing <\/span>Instagram Teen Accounts<\/span><\/a>. Teen Accounts have built-in protections that limit who can contact teens and the content they see. We automatically place teens into Teen Accounts, and teens under 16 need a parent\u2019s permission to change any of these settings to be less strict. Since making these changes, 97% of teens aged 13-15 have stayed in these built-in restrictions, which we believe offer the most age-appropriate experience for younger teens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n These are major updates that have fundamentally changed the experience for teens on Instagram. We\u2019re encouraged by the progress, but our work to support parents and teens doesn\u2019t stop here, so we\u2019re announcing additional protections and expanding Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger to give parents more peace of mind across Meta apps.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We know parents are worried about strangers contacting their teens \u2013 or teens receiving unwanted contact. In addition to the existing built-in protections offered by Teen Accounts, we\u2019re adding new restrictions for Instagram Live and unwanted images in DMs. With these changes, teens under 16 will be prohibited from going Live unless their parents give them permission to do so. We\u2019ll also require teens under 16 to get parental permission to turn off our feature that blurs images containing suspected nudity in DMs. We\u2019ll make these updates available in the next couple of months.<\/span><\/p>\n We want to make it easier for parents to have peace of mind when it comes to their teens\u2019 experiences across Meta\u2019s apps, so today, we\u2019ll begin making Teen Accounts available on Facebook and Messenger. Teen Accounts on Facebook and Messenger will offer similar, automatic protections to limit inappropriate content and unwanted contact, as well as ways to ensure teens\u2019 time is well spent. We\u2019ll begin rolling Facebook and Messenger Teen Accounts out to teens in the US, UK, Australia and Canada and will bring the experience to teens in other regions soon.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Since September, there are at least 54 million teens globally in Teen Accounts*, with many more to come as we continue to roll out around the world. These teens now have enhanced protections, like automatically being placed into private accounts and the strictest setting of our content controls. They also have notifications turned off overnight and reminders to leave the app after 60 minutes, and they can only be messaged by people they follow or are already connected to.<\/span><\/p>\n We developed Teen Accounts with parents in mind, and introduced protections that were responsive to their top concerns. We\u2019re continuing to listen to parents, and that includes conducting research to understand how they feel about the changes. In a recent survey, conducted by Ipsos<\/a> and commissioned by Meta, we asked US parents how Teen Accounts would help them and their teens, and we heard that:<\/span><\/p>\n We\u2019re excited about the progress we\u2019ve made, and will continue to work to make our apps a safe place for teens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nNew Instagram Teen Accounts Built-in Protections<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nExpanding Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger<\/h2>\n
What Parents Are Saying About Teen Accounts<\/h2>\n
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*This number references monthly active users, meaning users who have logged in or interacted with the platform in the past month.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n