On Thursday, Meta announced the global rollout of “teen accounts” on Facebook and Messenger, enhancing protections for young users. This follows their earlier release in English-speaking nations.
“We’ve enrolled hundreds of millions of teenagers into Teen Accounts on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, and we’re now making them available to teens worldwide on Facebook and Messenger,” stated the US company in a blog update.
Meta’s teen accounts, which feature enhanced security settings, content limitations, and parental controls for users aged 13 to 17, first launched on Instagram last year.
In April, the company expanded these accounts to Facebook and Messenger services in the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK.
According to Meta, the restrictions on teen accounts are “crafted to tackle parents’ primary concerns by automatically limiting who their teens interact with online and the content they access, ensuring productive use of time,” the company highlighted.
For users under 16, these restrictions require parental consent to be lifted.
Recent years have seen growing concerns over teens’ social media usage, including worries about excessive screen time and inadequate moderation on some platforms.
