Explained: Instagram’s Updated Parental Control Tools

Instagram recently announced a new feature that will help parents keep their children safe on the platform. The parental control feature allows parents to monitor their child’s activities, including who they follow, what content they view, and who messages them. With this new feature, Instagram is taking steps to ensure its platform remains a safe place for everyone, especially children. The feature is essentially aimed at teenagers and their parents, helping them keep track of what their kids are browsing on the site.
If you are wondering how the feature works and how to use it. Read on to know:
Instagram is new parental supervision Tools: What is it
Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms and has become a great place for kids and teens to connect with their friends. However, it can also be a dangerous place if not properly monitored. For this reason, Instagram has developed a parental control feature that allows parents to monitor their children’s activities on the platform. This feature provides parents with insights into what their children are posting, who they are following, and who is following them.

How it can help parents keep track of their kids’ Instagram usage
The feature allows parents to view their child’s Instagram account, including privacy and account settings. Parents will also be notified so they can track changes they make to their Instagram profile. With this new tool, parents can ensure that their children see only age-appropriate content on Instagram.
Parents can also control what content their children can see or post on Instagram. With this feature, parents can ensure their kids stay safe while using Instagram.
How to set up parental controls on Instagram
Users can visit family center for conversation starters and to learn about the parental supervision tools available, including how to set time limits, schedule breaks, get notified when teens share a report, and more.
“These updates are part of our ongoing work to ensure users are having experiences that work for them and that they have more control over how much time they spend online and the types of content they see.” Meta said in a blog post.

Instagram’s Family Center
According to Instagram, “At Family Center, parents can learn about and set up a variety of monitoring tools and access an education hub for tips, articles and more from trusted experts. Parents can set daily time limits or schedule breaks, see who their teen is following and who’s following them, get notified when their teen shares something they reported, and more.”
Instagram guide for parents
Instagram has a guide for parents that can help them learn how to help their teen navigate Instagram. This includes conversation starters, information about safety and wellbeing tools and features, a glossary of terms, and more.
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