Parental controls expanded for Instagram and brought to Facebook
What
Parental controls expanded for Instagram and brought to Facebook Parental controls expanded for Instagram and brought to Facebook Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners.
Key points
- The updates are an expansion of the social media giant's Teen Accounts system, which it first introduced last September, and places any users under 16 into a Teen Account by default, which automatically makes an account private, reduces messaging capabilities and puts the user into the strictest category of Meta's sensitive content settings.
- Meta said Instagram users under the age of 16 would need parental permission to turn off a feature which automatically blurs images suspected to contain nudity within direct messages (DMs).
- Since September, it said around 54 million teenagers globally had been moved onto Teen Accounts, and that this figure would continue to grow as it expanded the availability of the settings.
- Meta has also come in for criticism in recent months, after founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced in January that the site was getting rid of third-party fact-checkers and replacing them with user-generated community notes in the name free expression – because fact-checkers were politically biased.
- Parental controls expanded for Instagram and brought to Facebook Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners.
Who
Mark Zuckerberg; Messenger; Zuckerberg
When
Parental controls expanded for Instagram
Where
UK; US
Why
Meta has also come in for criticism in recent months, after founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced in January that the site was "getting rid" of third-party fact-checkers and replacing them with user-generated community notes in the name "free expression" – because fact-checkers were "politically biased".
How
The updates are an expansion of the social media giant's Teen Accounts system, which it first introduced last September, and places any users under 16 into a Teen Account by default, which automatically makes an account private, reduces messaging capabilities and puts the user into the strictest category of Meta's sensitive content settings.
Impact
A number of online safety experts, campaigners, and charities have warned that the move – which is starting in the US first – will lead to young people encountering more harmful content.
Metrics
Metrics Dictionary
A percentage indicating the degree of political bias detected in the article content.
0-20%: Minimal to no detectable bias
21-40%: Slight bias present but generally balanced
41-60%: Noticeable bias but attempts balance
61-80%: Strong bias present
81-100%: Extreme bias detected
A score from -1 to 1 measuring the emotional tone of the content.
-1.0 to -0.6: Strongly negative emotional content
-0.6 to -0.2: Moderately negative tone
-0.2 to 0.2: Balanced or neutral emotional tone
0.2 to 0.6: Moderately positive tone
0.6 to 1.0: Strongly positive emotional content
Indicates how certain the analysis is about its bias assessment.
0-33%: Limited confidence in assessment
34-66%: Reasonable confidence in assessment
67-100%: High confidence in assessment
Describes the political orientation of the content based on language and perspective.
Left
Generally favors progressive policies and significant government intervention
Center-Left
Moderately progressive with balanced government involvement
Neutral
Balanced perspective without clear political leaning
Center-Right
Moderately conservative with limited government involvement
Right
Generally favors conservative policies and minimal government intervention
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