Islamabad: A year ago, Meta introduced Teen Accounts — a significant step to keep teens safe across Meta’s apps. As of today, they have placed hundreds of millions of teens in Teen Accounts across Instagram, Facebook and Messenger. Teen Accounts are already rolled out globally on Instagram and starting today, they are further expanding Teen Accounts to teens worldwide on Facebook and Messenger, including in Pakistan.
Teen Account protections were designed to address parents’ top concerns with automatic protections to limit who the teens are talking to online and the content they’re seeing, and ensuring their time is well spent. While there’s always more work to be done, Meta is encouraged to see that Teen Accounts are bringing parents more peace of mind when it comes to the teens’ online experiences.
Meta will start placing teens who are new to the app, and teens who are already using Facebook and Messenger, into Teen Accounts as early as this week in Pakistan.
As part of Meta’s commitment to supporting parents and protecting teens, the organization is always working on new ways to keep teens safe on their apps.
