Meta announced on Thursday, September 25, that it is rolling out “teen accounts” with added protections for adolescent users on Facebook and Messenger worldwide, months after introducing them in key English-speaking countries.
“We’ve placed hundreds of millions of teens in Teen Accounts across Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, and now we’re expanding them to teens around the world on Facebook and Messenger,” the US group said.
Originally launched on Instagram last year, Meta’s teen accounts provide enhanced security settings, content restrictions, and parental controls for users aged 13 to 17.
In April, the company extended the accounts to Facebook and Messenger in the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK.
Meta explained that the restrictions are designed to address parents’ primary concerns, automatically limiting who teens can interact with online and what content they can access, while helping ensure their screen time is spent safely.
Users under 16 cannot remove these limits without parental approval.
The move comes amid growing concern over teens’ use of social media, including worries about excessive screen time and insufficient content moderation on certain platforms.
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