We have announced a series of updates designed to strengthen protections for teens across Instagram, Facebook and Messenger. The updates focus on helping ensure teens are enrolled in the right protections, providing parents with greater visibility into their teen\u2019s online experiences, and expanding safeguards that support teen wellbeing.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cKeeping teens safe is one of our most important priorities, and these updates from,\u00a0 13+ content settings across Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, to AI-powered age detection and new parental alerts \u2014 reflect our commitment to building age-appropriate experiences by default.\u201d \u2013 <\/span><\/i>Natasha Jog, Director, Public Policy, Meta, India<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Instagram\u2019s age-appropriate 13+ content rating was introduced to <\/span>India <\/b>recently<\/span><\/a>, and now, the settings<\/span> to Teen Accounts have now been rolled out globally across Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger. Facebook\u2019s new 13+ default setting is designed to hide content that\u2019s inappropriate for teens in places like Feed and Reels, and to limit teens\u2019 ability to interact with Profiles, Pages, Groups and Events that primarily post inappropriate content. The goal is that teens should see content that\u2019s similar to what they\u2019d see in an age-appropriate movie by default. On Messenger, the 13+ default setting limits teens\u2019 ability to view links to inappropriate Facebook content, or to chat with accounts that primarily share inappropriate content on Facebook.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Our ongoing efforts to develop advanced AI that detects underage accounts, includes the use of visual analysis to look beyond simple admissions of age. This includes using AI technology to analyze entire profiles for contextual clues \u2014 such as birthday celebrations or mentions of school grades \u2014 to determine if an account likely belongs to someone underage. Signals across various formats are evaluated, like posts, comments, bios, and captions, and this technology will be expanded across additional parts of our apps like Instagram Reels, Instagram Live, and Facebook Groups.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Visual analysis is also being added as a new technique to aid detection efforts. This technology allows our AI to scan photos and videos for visual clues about a person\u2019s age that text might miss. This is not facial recognition. Our AI looks at general themes and visual cues, for example height or bone structure, to estimate someone\u2019s general age; it does not identify the specific person in the image. By combining these visual insights with our analysis of text and interactions, we can significantly increase the number of underage accounts we identify and remove.<\/span><\/p>\n Instagram will be notifying parents using supervision if their teen repeatedly tries to search for terms related to suicide or self-harm within a short period of time. This is the latest protection for<\/span> Teen Accounts<\/span><\/a> and Instagram\u2019s parental supervision features. It has been rolled out <\/span>to supervising parents in the EU, Brazil, and <\/span>India. <\/b>Supervising parents and their teens will start receiving notifications today to let them know these alerts are coming.<\/span><\/p>\n Parents of teens enrolled in supervision can now manage everything from Family Center \u2014 a one-stop shop to oversee their teen\u2019s activity across Instagram, Meta Horizon, Facebook, and Messenger, without jumping between different apps and settings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To set up Supervision, visit <\/span>familycenter.meta.com\/supervision<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>In the coming months, parents will also be able to get a holistic view of teen activity across our apps, such as aggregated time spent.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
13+ Content Settings To Instagram, Facebook and Messenger Teen Accounts Globally<\/b><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nNew AI-Powered Age Assurance Measures to Place Teens in Age-Appropriate Experiences<\/b><\/h2>\n
New Alerts to Let Parents Know if Their Teen May Need Support<\/b><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nFamily Center: Manage Your Teen\u2019s Experience in One Place<\/b><\/h2>\n
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