Meta Will Start Hiding Sensitive Content For Teens On Instagram And Facebook

New content policy for teens on Instagram and Facebook (photo: Adam Mosseri)

JAKARTA - In accordance with the company's commitment to maintaining children's safety in social media play, Meta announced it would begin hiding more types of content for teens on Instagram and Facebook.

In making this new policy, Meta claims to have consulted with experts in the field of teen development, psychology, and mental health to help make its platform more secure and age-appropriate.

"We are starting to hide more types of content that experts say may be inappropriate for the younger generation, including topics related to suicide, self-injury, and drugs," wrote Instagram Head Adam Mosseri, on his broadcast channel on Instagram on Friday, January 12.

In addition, the tech giant has also restricted more terms of tracing around suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders, as well as directed people to expert resources to get help.

"Now, when people trace terms related to suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders, we will start hiding those related results and will direct them to expert resources to get help," he said.

This update will be scheduled to roll out to everyone in the coming weeks. So, if teens choose to "Enable the recommended settings", Meta will automatically change their settings to limit who can repost their content, tag or name them, or enter their content into Reels Remixes.

"We will also make sure only their followers can send messages to them and help hide offensive comments," he concluded.