Designated accounts will be automatically switched over to the new teen settings and will have strict controls placed on them that only a parent can change.
Teenage Instagram users will get new privacy settings, its parent company Meta has announced in a major new update. It is an attempt by Meta, which also owns WhatsApp and Facebook, to reduce the amount of harmful content seen online by young people. Instagram allows 13-year-olds and above to sign up but after the privacy changes, all designated accounts will be turned into teen accounts automatically, which will be private by default.
Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator, called the changes 'a step in the right direction' but said platforms will have to do 'far more to protect their users, especially children' when the Online Safety Act starts coming into force early next year. 'We won't hesitate to take action, using the full extent of our enforcement powers, against any companies that come up short,' said Richard Wronka, online safety supervision director at Ofcom.
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