The goal (BDR:), a company responsible for platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, announced on Tuesday that it is expanding its safety measures for teenagers on Instagram through a blockade in live transmission to children under 16 years.
According to the rules, under 16 years will be prevented from using Instagram’s Live feature unless they have their parents’ permission. Parents’ permission will also be required to disable a feature that blur images containing suspected nudity in direct messages.
The changes were announced along with the extension of the Instagram teenage account system for Facebook and Messenger. Adolescent accounts were introduced last year, putting children under 18 by default on a configuration that includes giving parents the ability to define daily time limits to use the application, prevent teenagers from using Instagram at certain times and seeing the bills with which their children are exchanging messages.
The accounts of teenagers from Facebook and Messenger will be initially launched in the US, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. As with Instagram accounts, users under 16 will need parents’ permission to change the settings, while 16 and 17-year-olds with new features will be able to change them independently.
The goal said Instagram adolescent accounts were used by 54 million under 18 worldwide, with over 90% of 13 to 15 -year -olds maintaining their standard restrictions.
