With the spread of social networks and using it by different segments of the population, they have added some limits and made some rules for the users.
You must know that all social media applications have a limited age, and Instagram doesn’t have any exceptions. All of these limits are based on their concept and their usage.
Due to the spate of attacking different mental health organizations, Instagram takes this issue very seriously.
Instagram is now focusing on people’s mental health, especially the young ones. Caring about teenagers’ feelings and protecting them is their new policy, and they insist on this matter.
The Instagram age limitation is +13, and if you are under that age and sign up on Instagram, it will immediately delete your account. This platform is trying to improve to understand the actual age of its users.
Most people are honest about their actual age, but some younger ones might give wrong information. To solve this problem, they are developing artificial intelligence to help keep young people safe.
This platform has added a new feature to help and protect teenagers. Here, we are mentioning some of them:
The first option is they have abandoned teens, receiving direct messages from adult strangers. When an adult wants to message young people, they see a notification that says, “You are not allowed to message this account.”
They even warn the teenagers who have already received messages from strangers and suggest them block, report options, or restrict them.
The second feature is finding teenagers on Instagram is hard for stranger adults. They will not appear on recommended lists.
Instagram’s other solution is that some professional accounts can limit people’s age and control the people who can see their performances.
If you want to use this option, follow the below steps to activate this feature for your professional account:
- Go to your profile.
- Click on the upper right-hand menu.
- Choose to set.
- Tap business or creator (this part is dependent upon your account).
- And you’ll see the minimum age.
You could set a minimum age either globally or just for a specific country. For example, set the limit to 21 in the US, but 18 for places like the UK. It depends upon their policy.
When you decide which kind of limitation you want to apply, tap Done, and then you are finished. And now, only the users that you allow can follow your account.
The last word
In these recent decades, the meaning of safety has been changed, and it has become more and more complicated. Our safety is based on our activities.
As applications and social networks are trying to make a safe place for the users, we also can be helpful by following the Instagram age limitation rules. We can encourage young people to obey these rules for their safety.
Be careful that you as a parent should keep themselves updated and encourage their teens to keep their pages private and inform them about the violent content that they might face on social media.
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