Instagram will no longer recommend accounts primarily featuring children but run by adults to potentially suspicious adults. This move is part of Meta’s expanded child safety features, addressing concerns from a 2023 lawsuit and investigations alleging the platform facilitated access to child sexual abuse material. New protections include hiding comments from suspicious adults, limiting interactions between such adults and child-focused accounts, and applying strict message controls and comment filters for accounts featuring kids. Teen users will also gain tools like combined report and block options and visibility into when new contacts joined Instagram to identify potential threats.
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