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This comes amidst the lawsuits from states surrounding child safety and an approaching hearing before the Senate...
In addition, in the case of teen users searching for terms that are related to eating disorders, suicide, and self-harm, Meta will hide the associated results and further redirect the search towards a helpline or other resources for the users to get assistance.. Teen users who are present on Facebook and Instagram will be placed automatically under the control settings of the most constrictive content making it more complex for their accounts to find potential age-inappropriate accounts or content...
In December, it was announced by Meta, that it has been working on technology for fighting against pedophiles existing online who utilize its platforms for the exploitation of children, amid reports that Instagram and Facebook were authorizing child predators and driving content about children which is unsuitable...
It was stated by Meta on Tuesday that it is protecting the accounts of teen users by hiding content that is age-inappropriate from the search results as well as the explore pages on Facebook and Instagram..
Meta will begin to notify teen users to update their privacy settings and in the case of teens choosing the 'recommended settings', their accounts will restrict which people can tag, mention, repost, or add their content in Reels remixes and block users who are not following them from sending a message to them..
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