{"id":1571,"date":"2022-03-16T14:38:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/16\/instagrams-promised-parental-controls-arrive-in-the-us\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T14:38:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:38:38","slug":"instagrams-promised-parental-controls-arrive-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/16\/instagrams-promised-parental-controls-arrive-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram\u2019s promised parental controls arrive in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/16\/22980648\/instagram-parental-control-supervision-vr-family-center<\/a>
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Instagram\u2019s new parental controls, announced in December<\/a>, are launching today in the US. The service\u2019s head, Adam Mosseri, refers to them<\/a> as the company\u2019s \u201cfirst set\u201d of parental supervision tools, allowing parents and guardians to view and set limits on the amount of time their teens are spending on Instagram, get updates on which accounts they\u2019re following and being followed by, and receive notifications when they report another user.<\/p>\n

The controls are being introduced after the Meta-owned social network came under fire for its impact on younger users. Leaked internal research from the company suggests that Instagram usage has detrimental effects<\/a> on the mental health of its younger users, particularly teenage girls. Shortly after the research was made public, the company announced it was pausing work<\/a> on a version of Instagram aimed at children under the age of 13<\/a>. It also rolled out a feature that encouraged users to take a break from the app after set periods of time. <\/p>\n

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