Instagram is working on an app for children, while better safety standards are to be introduced for young people. The plans are still in an early phase, but there is already clear criticism.
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Instagram for children: lots of ideas, few concrete plans
Instagram wants to expand its offer and open up to younger users. So far the service is official only accessible from 13 years of age. Younger interested parties could soon have their own Instagram. On the part of the manufacturers, the initiative is seen as a measure to improve the protection of minors on the social media platform. It is already being doubted that this would work in this way, while the plans are still in an early phase.
According to internal documents, Instagram has recognized young users as a new priority, according to the US portal Buzzfeed News, which claims to have had access to said internals. Accordingly, Instagram has identified two “pillars” on which the new focus on youth should rest: On the one hand, there should be one “Surely possible experience” for teenagers give. On the other hand, they will work on a version of Instagram which is Allows children “under 13” to use Instagram for the first time. One wants to pay attention to the safety of the young users.
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Children and young people have to be protected, but nobody knows how
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri confirmed the plans to the US magazine. Accordingly, there is still a lot to be done, also with regard to how exactly the safety for children on Instagram should be guaranteed. Part of the solution could be the children’s version make it transparent for parents and give them control over their children’s accounts. Details of how exactly this should look like are not yet available.
According to researchers make it easier to get started with a children’s version – and later switch to the actual app. In order to protect teenagers there more, they want to make contact by adults more difficult, and the accounts of teenagers should no longer appear in adult proposals. Despite these plans, Instagram and Facebook are mostly criticized for the fact that For companies, profit has priority over the protection of minors. Most recently, Instagram had softened the guidelines for posting nude pictures.
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