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Meta will hide topics like self-harm and eating disorders from teens

As part of a new privacy update, Meta will hide content related to self-harm, eating disorders and other topics from teens on Instagram and Facebook.

They greatly expand on previous content control measures aiming to lock down teens' privacy settings, following recent lawsuits by US states and others. The new measures will hide content related to self-harm, graphic violence, eating disorders and other harmful topics from teens on Instagram and Facebook. In 2022, the company introduced measures to switch users under 16 to the most restrictive content settings and added a new feature to prevent"suspicious" adults from messaging teens on Facebook and Instagram.

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