Meta will notify parents when teens add new interests to their Instagram algorithm

Starting Tuesday, parents can get more details about what their teens are doing on Instagram. Meta is Added a feature to their teen accounts It shows parents “general topics that teens deal with,” such as “basketball” or “fashion.” Meta also says it will soon start notifying parents when their teen adds a new interest to their algorithm.

In December, Meta announced… “Your algorithm” The feature, which allows users to choose which topics they want to see more or less on Instagram. Meta noted in its blog post on Tuesday that users with teen accounts are already limited in the topics they can add to their algorithm — presumably the content shown to users with teen accounts. Similar to content in a PG-13 movie.

Meta also announced Tuesday that it is “merging” parental controls for Instagram, Meta Horizon, Facebook, and Messenger into one hub in Family Center. Parents can now also “send a single invitation to supervise their teen” across all of these apps. Family Center will get more moderation tools in the coming months, such as “total time spent by teens” in the Meta apps, Meta says.