Meta promised parents it would shield teens from harmful content. Tests by young users and our tech columnist dad find it fails spectacularly in important ways.

In an investigation by Accountable Tech and Design It For Us, Instagram was found serving sexualized, racist, and harmful content to protected Teen accounts.

Instagram is using AI-powered age detection technology to enroll young users lying about their age into Teen Accounts.

Meta is using AI technology to search for kids who are lying about their age on Instagram in order to bypass safeguards, the company announced on Monday.

Starting today, if Instagram’s AI detects that an account may be run by a minor—through various factors like birthday posts and account interactions—that user will automatically be placed in a Teen ...

Meta is getting serious about the teens who use its services. Last year, the company rolled out "Teen Accounts" for Instagram, which add a number of restrictions, limitations, and features for ...

Should AI determine the account actually belongs to a teenager, it will implement Instagram’s “Teen Account” settings. These accounts, which were rolled out last fall for users under 18 ...

In September, the company announced the launch of Instagram Teen Accounts, which utilize safety features and wellness tools to try and keep teens protected on social media and encourage them to ...

In a blog post, Instagram says that starting today it will use AI to detect users lying about their age and automatically move those accounts to one of the limited teen accounts that debuted last fall ...

Instagram has announced that it will use AI technology to identify Teen Accounts and will automatically enable protective settings for them. Instagram announced a Teen Accounts feature last year ...

Young Instagram users could still be exposed to "serious risks" even if they use new Teen Accounts brought in to provide more protection and control, research by campaigners suggests. Researchers ...

If a user is found lying about their age, Instagram will place such accounts under “Teen Account” settings. It’s no surprise that many teenagers lie about their age when creating their ...