Meta’s bringing changes to Facebook and Instagram that include increased profile protections and gatekeeping the messaging button.
Meta says it is taking additional steps to help protect the youth on its platforms. Now, anyone under the age of 16 years old can enroll in new privacy settings that are meant to limit who can see their Facebook profile. Likewise, Meta says it’s also testing the removal of the messaging button on teen’s Instagram profiles when viewed by an adult.
In a company press release, Meta further detailed its initiative to add safeguards to its Facebook and Instagram products that will hopefully protect teenage users from “potentially suspicious adults.
