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Instagram boosts privacy and parental control on teen accounts

Meta says parents will be able to "guide" a safer experience - critics say the firm itself should do more.

The NSPCC called the announcement a "step in the right direction" but said Instagram's owner, Meta, appeared to "putting the emphasis on children and parents needing to keep themselves safe." Ian Russell, whose daughter Molly viewed content about self-harm and suicide on Instagram before taking her life aged 14, told the BBC it was important to wait and see how the new policy was implemented. In Australia, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese recently announced plans to ban social media for children by bringing in a new age limit for kids to use platforms.

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