Meta announces stricter message settings for teens on Instagram, Facebook

Meta said in a blog post: “We’re building on our work to provide age-appropriate experiences for teens, and to make it simpler for parents to shape their teens’ online experiences. We’re taking additional steps to help protect teens from unwanted contact by turning off their ability to receive messages from anyone they don’t follow or aren’t connected to, by default. Before a teen can change certain Instagram settings they will now need approval from their parents through Instagram’s parental supervision tools.”