Instagram uses an algorithm that connects buyers with sellers easily. So easy that Even child abusers have a market within the platform. To fight against this, META has launched new restrictions for minor accounts and a Greater parental control on Instagram and Facebook from your parents' accounts.
Restrictions on private messages increase
Meta, the company that owns Instagram and Facebook, has implemented updates specifically focused on the safety of minors within their networks. Now, restrictions intensify, limiting minors under 16 or 18 years of age, depending on the region, from receiving messages or being included in chat groups by people who do not follow them on Instagram or Messenger.
This is a way to prevent our little ones from falling into the hands of predators that inhabit these social networks. And yes, these predators exist and we must be very careful with them.
They intend to stop content related to child abuse
We have recently seen cases that demonstrate the lack of protection that the little ones have on social networks like Instagram. The people who want to do the most harm to children prefer Instagram as a place to share and abuse minors. This causes a stain on the META platform that either It is stopped with zero tolerance or the consequences can be disastrous for children..
So, with the aim of strengthening measures against child abuse, Meta has decided that parents will play a crucial role in setting up their children's accounts.. This will be through new parental control features on Instagram on your children's accounts.
Minors who want to make changes to their accounts, such as going from a private account to a public one or even allowing direct messages from non-following users, will need parental approval.
Parents will be able to approve or reject changes to the settings of their children's accounts
Now, parents will not only be informed about the changes made by their children, but parents will have all the parental control functions on Instagram to approve or reject change requests, acting as a parental control validation system.
A system will be implemented where parents will have the option to give consent. In case parents do not want to see their children's privacy compromised on social networks (both Instagram and Facebook), They will be able to control all the visibility functions of their children.
This, in the absence of laws that regulate parental control on social networks, is a good Control measure for children.
You believe that These measures are justified to safeguard the intimacy and privacy of the little ones. or do you think It is an attack on the freedom of expression of these? I read you in comments.
