Meta says Instagram teen accounts will default to a PG-13 content limit
Meta is introducing new guidelines for the content on Instagram teen accounts. The company is turning to the well-known PG-13 standard from the Motion Picture Association, used by the film industry.
Any user under the age of 18 will have their content limited to PG-13.
Parents who administer their child’s teen account will have the ability to change the settings — including placing their child in a more restrictive level than PG-13 — but that assumes the teen hasn’t just tried to sign up on their own using a fake birthday.
To counter those wily kids, Instagram will use “age prediction technology” to set content restrictions, according to the company.
In a blog post announcing the new policy, Meta acknowledged the new settings may not catch all prohibited content:
“Just like you might see some suggestive content or hear some strong language in a PG-13 movie, teens may occasionally see something like that on Instagram — but we’re going to keep doing all we can to keep those instances as rare as possible.”
Parents who administer their child’s teen account will have the ability to change the settings — including placing their child in a more restrictive level than PG-13 — but that assumes the teen hasn’t just tried to sign up on their own using a fake birthday.
To counter those wily kids, Instagram will use “age prediction technology” to set content restrictions, according to the company.
In a blog post announcing the new policy, Meta acknowledged the new settings may not catch all prohibited content:
“Just like you might see some suggestive content or hear some strong language in a PG-13 movie, teens may occasionally see something like that on Instagram — but we’re going to keep doing all we can to keep those instances as rare as possible.”
