Instagram announced that it plans to restrict content for teen accounts based on 13+ movie ratings last October in countries including Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. The social network giant said Thursday that it is now applying these guidelines internationally for teen accounts. The development comes after Meta was held accountable for harming teens by courts in New Mexico and Los Angeles last month.
The idea behind this enforcement was that Instagram would show less content with themes like extreme violence, sexual nudity, and graphic drug use. The company would also hide or not recommend posts with strong language, certain risky stunts, and posts showing marijuana paraphernalia.
