Meta expands Instagram teen accounts to India with parental control, online safety features

Meta on Tuesday announced it is expanding Instagram Teen Accounts to India that will ensure built-in protection for young users of this cohort, with features that limit unwanted interactions, enhance privacy settings, provide greater parental oversight, and places teens automatically and, by default, in the highest safety settings.

To ensure that teens receive protection and do not bypass age restrictions, Instagram is strengthening age verification measures, Meta said adding since some young users may misrepresent their age, additional verification steps will be required in certain situations, say, when someone attempts to create an account with an adult birth date.