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A view of what two features look like for Instagram's Teen Account, including the ability to set daily use limits and permitting parents to view with whom their teen kids are messaging.

A view of what two features look like for Instagram's Teen Account, including the ability to set daily use limits and permitting parents to view with whom their teen kids are messaging. Provided by Meta hide caption

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Instagram makes all teen accounts private, in a highly scrutinized push for child safety

The social media app unveiled a new product for young users of the app that is intended to make the service safer for teenagers. The tools include making all teen accounts private and allowing parents to supervise activity.

Facebook To Users: You May Want To Update Your Privacy Settings Again.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pictured at F8, Facebook's developer conference last month. On Thursday, the company announced a new test feature had changed users' privacy settings without their consent. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption

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Facebook To Users: You May Want To Update Your Privacy Settings Again.

For four days, between May 18 to 22, Facebook tested a new feature that inadvertently switched the default settings for 14 million users from private to public.

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