Instagram’s promised parental controls arrive in the US
by Jon Porter from The Verge - All Posts on (#5X5T0)
Instagram's parental control features in action. | Image: Meta Instagram's new parental controls, announced in December, are launching today in the US. The service's head, Adam Mosseri, refers to them as the company's first set" of parental supervision tools, allowing parents and guardians to view and set limits on the amount of time their teens are spending on Instagram, get updates on which accounts they're following and being followed by, and receive notifications when they report another user.
The controls are being introduced after the Meta-owned social network came under fire for its impact on younger users. Leaked internal research from the company suggests that Instagram usage has detrimental effects on the mental health of its younger users, particularly teenage girls. Shortly after the...