{"id":950814,"date":"2025-07-29T11:55:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T06:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=950814"},"modified":"2025-07-29T11:55:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T06:25:38","slug":"instagram-tightens-safety-for-teens-again-heres-whats-changing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/07\/29\/instagram-tightens-safety-for-teens-again-heres-whats-changing\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram tightens safety for teens again: Here\u2019s what\u2019s changing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram is rolling out more protections for teenagers, and this time it\u2019s focusing hard on keeping creepy DMs and unwanted interactions at bay. Meta says the update will make Instagram \u201csafer by default\u201d for teens, and while that line\u2019s been used before, there are some practical changes worth noting.<\/p>\n<p>No messages from strangers, at all<br \/>\nIf you\u2019re under 18 and don\u2019t follow someone, that person can\u2019t send you a message, even if you\u2019re technically an adult account. This includes verified users, brands, influencers, anyone outside your existing circle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram is rolling out more protections for teenagers, and this time it\u2019s focusing hard on keeping creepy DMs and unwanted interactions at bay. Meta says the update will make Instagram \u201csafer by default\u201d for teens, and while that line\u2019s been used before, there are some practical changes worth noting. No messages from strangers, at all If you\u2019re under 18 and don\u2019t follow someone, that person can\u2019t send you a message, even if you\u2019re technically an adult account. This includes verified users, brands, influencers, anyone outside your existing circle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,51,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-950814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hindustantimes","category-it-2-hindustantimes","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}