Meta is blocking Instagram users from being able to screenshot photos or videos sent via DM. As part of a series of new security features to safeguard young people online and following a rise in ...

In this photo illustration a 13-year-old boy looks at an iPhone screen display on May 21, 2025 in Bath, England. Reporter Instagram announced new restrictions for teen accounts on Tuesday amid ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Meta will block Australian users under 16 from accessing Instagram, Facebook and Threads by December 10 to comply with the country’s sweeping social media ban for teenagers, the ...

Meta is introducing additional safety features for teen users on its Instagram platform, including new safeguards in direct messaging aimed at preventing what the company calls "direct and indirect ...

Meta's Instagram implemented new policies to mitigate the surging threat of sextortion being perpetrated through the online platform. These new policies would aim to guard more users, particularly ...

Australia’s world-first ban requires 10 major online platforms to block users aged 16.

LGBTQ terms on Instagram were mistakenly hidden from teen users. The restrictions were reported by User Mag, which found that teen users searching for content related to dozens of hashtags including ...

Meta to block Facebook and Instagram accounts of kids under the age of 16 in Australia, starting December 10.

Instagram recently blocked teen users from viewing the results for numerous LGBTQ+ terms by accident, according to a spokesperson for Meta, the platform's parent company. The restrictions were ...