Instagram will enable a content rating system similar to the Motion Picture Associations’ PG-13 movie rating system to prevent underage users from viewing potentially inappropriate content, Reuters reports. The system will also allow underage users’ parents to adjust parental and screen-time controls and will automatically block accounts that are deemed inappropriate for teenage users. Meta said it knows “teens may try to avoid these restrictions, which is why we’ll use age prediction technology to place teens into certain content protections — even if they claim to be adults.”
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