Meta offers adolescents’ accounts on Facebook and Messenger around the world

Meta has started transferring more teenagers on Facebook and Messenger to the dedicated “adolescent accounts” that added parents’ control and other protection to younger users. the expansion The company also says that “hundreds of millions” of teenagers are already using accounts via Instagram, Facebook and Messenger.

Bring dead for the first time teenagers’ accounts To Instagram A year ago and began to put it to teenagers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia on Facebook and Messenger earlier this year. Now, specialized accounts will be available to young people worldwide. The company has made accounts mandatory for all teenagers, and requires younger teenagers (13 to 15 years old) to obtain permission from their parents to change safety settings. Meta uses artificial intelligence to discover teenagers who may lie at their age. Accounts allow parents to oversee how their children use Meta applications, including screen time monitoring features and the ability to display their children. Teenagers’ accounts also come with the most restricted privacy and safety settings that aim to reduce their communication with adults who do not know him.

Instagram also expands its program, which allows us to middle schools and high schools Speeding reports From bullying and other problematic behavior. So far, the company is experimenting with the “School Partnership Program”, with a handful of middle schools and high schools. Meta says she “heard positive reactions from participating schools” and that any US -based school can participate to join.

The social media company has spent the past few years in increasing parental control and trying to close some of its most obvious gaps in its safety features. The company is currently Confrontation numerous Judicial cases and investigations therein Roll On the safety of the child.

Update, September 25, 2025, 9:03 AM Easter time: The age group explained the adolescent accounts.