The Meta-owned app is trialling new verification methods to ensure teens meet platform age rules.
Will Gardner OBE, chief executive of Childnet and director of the UK Safer Internet Centre, says the trial is encouraging: "The potential is there to try and help protect children from content which isn't for them and make their internet experience more age-appropriate."
Teens will also be "nudged" to look at other content if repeatedly viewing the same topics on Instagram's explore page, and encouraged to "take a break" if continuously scrolling through reels.Video selfies have become a popular way for digital platforms - such as online banking apps - to verify users' age or identity.
But she says relying on age-verification tools as a way to protect young people online can overlook why they actually try to create adult accounts in the first place.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Rapist caught after victim found video of attack he filmed on her phoneA man was caught by police after the woman he sexually assaulted discovered an explicit video of the attack on her phone.
Read more »
Gwen Stefani twins with rarely-seen younger brother in sweet family videoGwen Stefani shared a rare clip featuring her younger brother Todd at the launch of her debut makeup line, GXVE – and they could be twins!
Read more »
Zelensky Calls Glastonbury ‘Greatest Concentration Of Freedom’ In Festival Video Address“I turn to you for support Glastonbury the greatest concentration of freedom these days and I ask you to share this feeling with everyone whose freedom is under attack.”
Read more »
Sebastian Kalinowski: Boy hit more than 100 times, video showsCCTV shows 15-year-old boy, Sebastian Kalinowski, being hit more than 100 times in 30 minutes played at murder trial
Read more »