Instagram has been limiting LGBTQ+ content on its search and explore pages, thanks to an error in its sensitive content filter. The setting is meant to give users a ...

For well over a decade, psychological researchers have studied whether and to what extent social media content might pose mental health risks. In response to concerns that some of its content was ...

Instagram users on Feb. 26 reported being shown explicit and violent Reels. Meta apologized for the incident, which was said to have been caused by an error. Content ...

Meta has begun hiding sensitive content from teenagers under the age of 18 on Facebook and Instagram, a company blog announced on Tuesday. Starting now, Meta will begin removing content from feeds and ...

Meta and its subset social platforms Instagram and Facebook have been a target of public criticism over children’s safety and exposing them to unpleasant content for a while. However, in recent years, ...

Late in 2024, Meta introduced Instagram Teen accounts, a safety net intended to protect young minds from sensitive content and ensure that they have safe online interactions, bolstered by age ...

Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people’s lives. Beginning ...

The videos, featured on some users’ Reels’ tab, showed people apparently being shot to death or run over by vehicles, the Wall Street Journal reported. Some users still saw the content even when ...

In 2023, Instagram served me images of dead and dying children, heightening social media’s contradictions to a horrific new level. By Amanda Hess When I open Instagram early in the morning, I might ...

Meta says it has fixed the error that resulted in restricting LGBTQ+ content in teens' search and explore pages, but it's unclear how long the bug was active. Katelyn ...