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Instagram’s new ‘teen accounts’ - what's changing?

Instagram is overhauling the way it works for teenagers, promising more "built-in protections" for young people and added controls and reassurance for parents.

For some time, social media companies have been under growing pressure to do more to protect young people from harmful content on their platforms.

Well now Meta has announced it's overhauling the way Instagram works for teenagers, promising more "built-in protections" and added controls and reassurance for parents.

In this episode of 5 Questions On, the Â鶹Éç's technology reporter, Graham Fraser, explains what the changes involve, and discusses whether experts think they will have any impact.

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