Time Limits and Night Mode: Meta's New Rules for Teens
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
Minors under 18 will soon see a series of changes in their Instagram and Facebook experiences thanks to a historic $18 billion agreement that Meta Platforms reached on Wednesday with 48 U.S. states. In addition to the financial settlement, which will be paid over a decade, Meta agreed to strengthen its age verification measures to keep children under 13 off its platforms and ensure that teens are on age-appropriate accounts, impose a strict limit of two hours per day for users under 18, block access to the apps from midnight to 6 a.m., and hide 'like' counts, among other changes. Meta indicated that the new safeguards will only apply in the United States, and most will be in effect for 10 years. While they acknowledged that the changes go further than Meta has ever gone in terms of child safety, critics and child advocates warned that they will not solve its myriad problems overnight. Arturo Béjar, former engineering director at Meta, noted that the agreement is a 'significant milestone,' but parents should not view Instagram as suddenly safe for children.
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