Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Meta announced Tuesday that it is filtering content on Instagram accounts for teens based on PG-13 movie ratings by default.
The changes come a little over a year after the company -- which also owns Facebook -- introduced "Teen accounts" with built-in restrictions for younger users and parental control.
Now, these accounts will automatically default to filter content so the teen users will see only what they'd typically see in a PG-13 movie. Parents can then adjust those settings, and teens won't be able to opt out without a parents' permission.
"Just like you might see some suggestive content or hear some strong language in a PG-13 movie, teens may occasionally see something like that on Instagram -- but we're going to keep doing all we can to keep those instances as rare as possible," a news release from Meta said.
"We recognize no system is perfect, and we're committed to improving over time. We hope this update reassures parents that we're working to show teens are, age-appropriate content on Instagram by default, while also giving them more ways to shape their teen's experience."
