Unit 1: Social Networks (1ère G_gr1)
Meta launches “teen accounts” for minors on Instagram
The document
under study is an article from Le Monde,
published on September 17th, 2024. It deals with the reasons why
Meta decided to change their regulations on Instagram.
Their goal is
to protect young users aged from 13 to 17 years old from watching harmful
contents. Indeed, they recently received many
accusations that said that Meta was not protecting enough teenagers against the
dangers of the Internet. The regulations will apply on Instagram only because
this app is mostly used by teenagers.
This new
feature started to be available on September 17th in the USA,
Canada, the UK and Australia. Then, at the end
of the year, it will be available in France and in the rest of the European
Union.
Teenagers
will have automatically a private account. Minors under 13 will not be able to
have an account. Minors who are allowed to have an account will not be able to
see contents listed as sensitive by Meta. Moreover, the app filters offensive expression in
private messages and in comments. Additionally,
adults should be unable to contact minors if they are not following each other
on Instagram. On top of that, notifications will
be turned off between 10pm and 7am. To finish with,
parents could put time limits in the app.
Homework: Learn the lesson.
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