*Instagram updated the recommendations algorithms to increase the safety of children on the platform.
Now accounts that actively publish photos of children and are managed by adults (for example, parents or agents) will not be shown to users whom *Instagram will consider “potentially suspicious”.
We are talking about people who previously blocked by adolescents or whose behavior caused anxiety.
These measures are a response to sharp criticism of *meta after investigations and lawsuits. In 2023, *Instagram was accused of the fact that the platform encourages the spread of pedophile networks.
Journalists of The Wall Street Journal found that social networks helped suspicious users to find the content with the participation of children.
Now *Instagram will also hide the comments of suspicious adults under such publications and complicate the search between these groups. *Meta emphasizes that most of these accounts are carried out for harmless purposes, but new restrictions are an important step to protect children.
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