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Adults can no longer DM teens who don’t follow them on Instagram Instagram is also going to start using prompts to encourage teens to be cautious in conversations with adults March 17, 2021 Instagram has announced new policies to limit interactions between teenagers and adults to protect young people on the platform. Instagram will now prevent adults from sending messages to people under 18 who don’t follow them: “For example, when an adult tries to message a teen who doesn’t follow the...

Image sourced from Time Instagram is introducing a new feature that restricts DMs between teen users (under the age of 18) and adults they don’t follow. This means that if an adult tries to message a teen who doesn’t follow them, they receive a notification that DM’ing them isn’t an option. “This feature relies on our work to predict peoples’ ages using machine learning technology, and the age people give us when they sign up,” says Instagram in a blog post. “As we move to end-t...

By Emily Lee Mar 17, 2021 In a series of tweets, Instagram outlined the main highlights of this safety initiative. Restricting direct messages between underage users and adults they dont follow, as well as prompting teens to be careful engaging in direct messages with adults they are connected to, will be top priorities for Instagram. The new teen safety measures will also encourage young Instagram users to make their accounts private as an added precaution. Instagram will also aim to make it...

Share it Instagram is upping its efforts to stamp out predatory behavior in the app with a new range of features designed to protect younger users from ill-intentioned adults. First off, and most significantly, Instagram is now implementing new restrictions that will prevent adults from sending messages to any users under the age of 18 who don’t follow them. As per Instagram: "When an adult tries to message a teen who doesn’t follow them, theyll receive a notification that DM’ing them is...

Instagram will no longer allow adults to DM teens who don’t follow them Share Photo-sharing app Instagram has introduced new policies to protect its young users from interacting with adults on the platform. The Facebook-owned app Instagram has banned adults from sending direct messages to teenagers who do not follow them. This will be done by introducing a new feature that will prevent adults from sending messages to people under the age of 18. Instagram says this will be done in a way tha...

By Emily Lee Mar 17, 2021 In a series of tweets, Instagram outlined the main highlights of this safety initiative. Restricting direct messages between underage users and adults they dont follow, as well as prompting teens to be careful engaging in direct messages with adults they are connected to, will be top priorities for Instagram. The new teen safety measures will also encourage young Instagram users to make their accounts private as an added precaution. Instagram will also aim to make it...

Adults showing suspicious behavior will also have their ability to interact with teen accounts restricted.

It's one of a series of changes aimed at protecting the platform's youngest users.

Highlights The Facebook-owned platform said that it was blocking adults from sending Direct Messages to any teenager that does not follow them. From now onwards, Instagram will start warning teens to be cautious while they talk to adults they are already in contact with on the platform. Instagram will also restrict adults who have been exhibiting potentially suspicious behaviour from seeing new minor’s accounts in Suggested Users, Reels or Explore. In order to keep a check on the content an...

Much like owner Facebook, the minimum age requirement for Instagram account holders is 13. To protect teens from unwanted contact from someone much older, any adult that...