SA teens officially have Instagram Teen Accounts By Nkhensani Nkhwashu, ITWeb portals journalist.Johannesburg, 21 May ...

Meta promised parents it would shield teens from harmful content. Tests by young users and our tech columnist dad find it fails spectacularly in important ways.

In an investigation by Accountable Tech and Design It For Us, Instagram was found serving sexualized, racist, and harmful content to protected Teen accounts.

According to an investigation conducted by the youth-led nonprofit Design It For Us and watchdog Accountable Tech — later ...

Volunteers from Design It For Us reported the devastating findings that Instagram isn’t just showing minors bad content; it’s showcasing it.

Instagram is stepping up efforts to protect teenagers by using artificial intelligence to spot underage users trying to get around age rules.

American Parents Coalition launches attack campaign against Meta after reports of AI chatbot systems engaging in sexually ...

Meta may have managed to kill a bipartisan bill to protect children online, but parents of children who have suffered from online harm are still putting ...

"Lawmakers should compel Meta to produce data about Teen Accounts so that regulators and nonprofits can understand over time whether teenagers are actually protected when using Instagram." ...

Tweens and teens are having suggestive and sexual conversations with AI chatbots on the web and in apps. Here’s what parents ...

Initially, Zuckerberg resisted proposals to restrict companionship bots to older teens, but after sustained internal lobbying, Meta barred registered teen accounts from accessing user-created bots.

Meta, the parent company of Instagram ... Instagram introduced “Teen Accounts” last fall, automatically placing users ages 13 to 17 into accounts with built-in safety features.