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Meta expands safety features to limit harmful content for teens
Meta said nine in 10 teens stayed in the default setting after launch as it extends stricter content limits and testing for repetitive posts.
- Meta is expanding its "13+" content settings for Teen Accounts globally across Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, applying the protections by default to teenagers worldwide.
- Resembling a movie rating, the default setting hides content deemed inappropriate for teens in Feed and Reels while limiting interactions with Profiles, Pages, Groups, and Events that primarily post such material.
- An independent assessment by Alice found that teens in the default "13+" setting saw 68% less mature content than competitors, while those in the stricter Limited Content setting saw 96% less.
- Alongside the rollout, Meta is testing a feature to stop teens from being served the same content repeatedly in Explore, Feed, and Reels, with Limited Content arriving on Facebook and Messenger later this year.
- Meta crowdsourced feedback from parents who rated over 15 million pieces of content; an April survey showed fewer than 2% of posts were flagged as inappropriate by most parents.
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Meta rolls out new teen protections globally across Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger
Meta is expanding its teen safety infrastructure, bringing restrictive content controls that launched last October to a global audience, and extending them beyond Instagram to Facebook and Messenger.The company is also introducing a new content-balance feature designed to stop teenagers from being repeatedly served the same type of borderline content, even when each individual post doesn't technically violate any rules.What are Teen Accounts, an…
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