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Dead Declare On Thursday, teenagers’ accounts to adolescence are now expanded on Facebook and Messenger in the world, after they were initially available to users in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. Accounts, which are characterized by built -in protection and parents’ control of younger users, It was first launched on Instagram Last fall.
Teenagers’ accounts were originally launched shortly after the definition and other famous social networks Grilled by the United States Not to do enough to protect adolescents on their services.
With global expansion on Facebook and Messenger, teenagers will now be automatically placed in an experience designed to reduce inappropriate content and unwanted contact. Adolescents under the age of 16 need their parents ’permission to change any of the settings.
In addition, adolescents will only receive messages from people who follow or have a message before. Only teenage friends can see their stories and respond to them. In addition, signs, signs, and comments will also be limited to the people who follow them or their friends.
Adolescents will also receive a reminder of leaving social networks after using them for an hour a day, and they will be recorded in the “calm situation” overnight.
The expansion of adolescents’ accounts comes at a time when he found research led by an amount of violations Children and adolescents are still in danger from online damage On Instagram, even after the company has offered protection. The study found that although it was placed in adolescent accounts, young users can still coincide with suicide and self -communication leaflets, as well as publications describing degrading sexual acts. Meta has The disputed claims He said that her protection led to teenagers’ less harmful content.
META also announced on Thursday that it officially launches the school partnership program, which allows teachers to report safety concerns, such as bullying, directly to Instagram for review and removal.
The company says it has experienced the program earlier this year and heard positive reactions from the participating schools. Now, all middle and secondary schools in the United States can subscribe to the program to receive priority reports and education resources. Schools, which are part of the program, will receive a banner in their Instagram program to notify parents and students as an official Instagram partner.
On Thursday, the last step from Meta is to address teenage mental health concerns associated with social media. These concerns were He grew up by the American surgeon And several states, some even I began to restrict adolescents from the use of social media Without the approval of the parents.