"Like the cigarette companies they increasingly resemble, social media platforms are hoping a few gestures towards safety will undercut a tidal wave of evidence that kids who use their products are more anxious and less healthy. Now, as theNew York Times reports, Instagram has introduced teen protections, modeled after the MPAA's PG-13 film ratings, which are meant to address concerns about the content kids are consuming - but not the addictiveness of the experience, or the tendency among today's teens to swap IRL socializing for solitary scrolling."
"The new protections were announced by Max Eulenstein, Instagram's head of product management, and will apply to accounts marked as under-18. Images that show up in feeds and topics broached by chatbots will be restricted to the kinds of things you might find in a PG-13 movie - including the occasional swear word and "mild" nudity. If they choose, parents can also opt for the even more-restrictive "Limited Content" setting."
Instagram introduced teen protections modeled on MPAA PG-13 standards that apply to accounts marked under-18. Feed images and chatbot topics for those accounts will be limited to PG-13 material, allowing occasional swearing and mild nudity, and parents can choose a stricter "Limited Content" setting. The rollout follows a prior coding error that exposed minors to graphic sexual content and violence and an earlier set of changes that set teen accounts to private by default and filtered some content. Experts say earlier protections were insufficient, and lawmakers have considered restrictions; the new steps do not address addictiveness or declining in-person socializing.
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