Overview

• Instagram now displays safety tips and account-age information atop chats for teenage users to provide context before they engage with messages.
• A combined block-and-report button in direct messages streamlines reporting of potential misconduct for adolescents.
• Protections for adult-managed accounts featuring children include automatic activation of Hidden Words and filters to block unwanted messages and offensive comments.
• The recommendation algorithm has been adjusted to prevent child-featured profiles from being suggested to potentially suspicious adult users.
• Meta reports that in June teens blocked over one million accounts, reported another million and that nearly 135,000 offending profiles were removed earlier this year, with more DM content filters planned soon.