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Instagram Launches Teen Accounts Amid Child Safety Concerns

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  • #Social issues
  • #Computers & internet
Instagram Launches Teen Accounts Amid Child Safety Concerns
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SEP 2024
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story last updated SEP 2024

The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

Instagram is taking extraordinary measures to protect young people and their mental health. Not only has it imposed account privatization and restricted access to harmful content, but it's also utilizing AI to enforce these rules on a global scale. While tens of millions of teens already admit their real age, those who try and bypass the restrictions will have a very tough time of it.

Youtube

Establishment-critical narrative

Instagram is only taking these measures because the US government is discussing new regulations. And even with these new rules, teens will still create fake accounts, or 'finstas,' which will allow them to easily bypass each of these guardrails. With this bandaid-of-a-policy now in place, the government is likely to close the chapter on this and stop investigating how damaging this technology is for kids' mental health.

HeraldNet.com

Public Figures

Mark Zuckerberg


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