Just two months out from the under-16s social media ban coming into effect in Australia, Instagram is restricting the content teens can see and bringing in stricter parental controls for young people’s accounts.

In a global announcement, Instagram’s parent company, Meta , announced the content available to Instagram users aged between 13 and 18 will be the equivalent to the US PG-13 rating, limiting violent or adult content teens can view.

The company will also alter its AI interactions with teens to a PG-13 experience, following backlash over reports the social media company’s guidelines for its chatbots allowed the chatbot to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual”.

Teens will also no longer be able to follow accounts deemed to share age-inappropriate cont

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