Instagram has announced some new tools and features to keep young people safer on the social media platform.
The company says they will be taking a stricter approach to what they recommend to teens on the app.
That includes stopping people from tagging or mentioning teens that don’t follow them.
They will also be nudging teens towards different topics if they have been dwelling on one topic for a long time.
Instagram is initially launching the Take a Break feature in the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
The company will also be launching their first tools for parents and guardians in March next year to help them get more involved in their teen’s experiences on Instagram.
Instagram will also give teens a new option to notify their parents if they report someone, giving their parents the opportunity to talk about it with them.
The company adds that to make sure teens are aware of this feature, they will show them notifications suggesting they turn these reminders on.
According to Instagram, they are encouraged to see that teens are using Take A Break.
They say early test results show that once teens set the reminders, more than 90% of them keep them on.
The ‘Take a Break’ reminders build on our existing time management tools including Daily Limit, which lets people know when they’ve reached the total amount of time they want to spend on Instagram each day and offers the ability to mute notifications from Instagram.
