Instagram Update: Instagram changed the rules for teenage users, parents will be able to keep control..

Instagram is constantly adding new features to make the platform safe for teenagers. Now Meta has introduced a new type of account for the safety of teenagers. This is for teenagers under the age of 18 on Instagram.

Any teenager under the age of 18 who creates an account on Instagram will have to sign up for a teen account, in which the parents will have control. It started on Tuesday in the US, UK, Canada and Australia.

The accounts of users on Instagram who are currently under the age of 18 will automatically be converted into a new type of teen account, which includes strict privacy settings.

It will be difficult to send messages to an unknown account from such an account and sensitive content will also be greatly limited on it. Teen users will now have to get permission from their parents to make changes to the account settings.

When the parents of the teenager set up Instagram's supervision tool, they will be able to see which accounts their children are chatting with in messages. However, they will not be allowed to see the content of the message.

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