Meta promised parents it would shield teens from harmful content. Tests by young users and our tech columnist dad find it fails spectacularly in important ways.

In an investigation by Accountable Tech and Design It For Us, Instagram was found serving sexualized, racist, and harmful content to protected Teen accounts.

Instagram promised more "built-in protections" for young people but researchers say users are still exposed to sexualised ...

Meta is using AI technology to search for kids who are lying about their age on Instagram in order to bypass safeguards, the company announced on Monday.

Starting today, if Instagram’s AI detects that an account may be run by a minor—through various factors like birthday posts and account interactions—that user will automatically be placed in a Teen ...

In a blog post, Instagram says that starting today it will use AI to detect users lying about their age and automatically move those accounts to one of the limited teen accounts that debuted last fall ...

Instagram Teen Accounts can be a great starting point, but they must go hand-in-hand with real-world support that fosters ...

Instagram is using AI-powered age detection technology to enroll young users lying about their age into Teen Accounts.

Last year, the company rolled out "Teen Accounts" for Instagram, which add a number of restrictions, limitations, and features for users under the age of 18. Earlier this month, Meta rolled out ...

The head of Meta’s ubiquitous photo- and video-sharing program discusses his tenure at the company, a new set of features aimed at the safety of its youngest users, and why watching the Netflix hit ...

In September, the company announced the launch of Instagram Teen Accounts, which utilize safety features and wellness tools to try and keep teens protected on social media and encourage them to ...

Teen Accounts, which launched on Instagram last year, enroll young users into an app experience with built-in protections. The safeguards are applied to teens automatically, and limit who can ...