Instagram says it has introduced protections for its teenage users to default young people into private accounts and make it harder for 'suspicious' adults to make unwanted contact.
Instagram has introduced protections for its teenage users to default young people into private accounts and make it harder for"suspicious" adults to make unwanted contact, the company announced Tuesday.
Starting this week, when people under 18 join Instagram, the accounts default to private. That means people have to follow the users to see and comment on their content. The company will also show users who already have public accounts a notification highlighting the benefits of switching to a private account and explaining how to do it. The change will bring Facebook into compliance with the U.K.
Instagram already has policies prohibiting unsolicited interactions with minors, including initiating contact and requesting sexual content or favors. The new system is designed to prevent contact from being made in the first place. "Understanding people's age on the internet is a complex challenge," Newton said."Collecting people's ID is not the answer to the problem as it's not a fair, equitable solution. Access depends greatly on where you live and how old you are. And people don't necessarily want to give their IDs to internet services."
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