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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Research Reveals Ongoing Risks for Children on Instagram Despite New Teen Accounts
Caption: Research Reveals Ongoing Risks for Children on Instagram Despite New Teen Accounts. Research from 5Rights Foundation highlights serious risks to young Instagram users, even with the introduction of new Teen Accounts aimed at increasing safety. Fake birthdays allowed researchers to create Teen Accounts, which were immediately exposed to sexualised content, hateful comments, and adult account recommendations. Meta claims new Teen Accounts offer “built-in protections” to keep teens safe, including limits on who can contact them and reduced content exposure. However, the study found Instagram's algorithms still promote harmful content, such as sexualised imagery and negative beauty ideals. Researchers also found that hateful comments were common on recommended posts, raising concerns about the platform’s content moderation. The 5Rights Foundation also expressed concern about the addictive nature of Instagram and the exposure of children to sponsored, commercial content. Meta responded, asserting that the new accounts have stricter controls, including limiting who can contact teens and what content they can see. Baroness Beeban Kidron of 5Rights Foundation criticized Instagram for failing to adequately check user ages and allowing harmful content to be recommended. Meanwhile, the UK’s Ofcom is about to release children’s safety codes, which will require platforms to ensure better age verification and safer algorithms. In a related issue, disturbing self-harm groups on X have been discovered, with tens of thousands of members sharing graphic content. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
Keywords: Science & Technology,Instagram,Teen Accounts,5Rights Foundation,Meta,online safety,children’s protection,sexualised content,harmful beauty ideals,content moderation,age verification,Ofcom,Online Safety Act,commercialised content,Baroness Beeban Kidron,harmful algorithms,social media,digital safety,child protection,internet risks,online harassment,mental health,social media regulation,tech company response,self-harm content,digital age checks,online behavior,cyber safety
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