Reinforcing its committee to the online safety of young users, meta on tuesday announced the expansion of Instagram Teen Accounts to India.

The Teen Accounts, to be rolled out in a phaseed manner in the country, are designed to create a more secure and age-apropriate space for teenagers online.

With Built-In Protections, Teen Accounts Limit Unwanted Interactions, Enhance Privacy Settings, and Provide Parents with Greater oversight, ENSURING A SAFER SAFER SOFER SOCIAL MEDIA Expers It also addresses Concerns like Cyberbulling, Exposure to Harmful Content, and Privacy Risks.

“At Meta, Creating a Safer and More Responsible Digital Environment is a Top Priority. With the expansion of Instagram Teen Accounts to India, We are Strengthaning Protections, Enhancing Controls, and Empolaring Parents Whilel ENSURING A SAFERENGE FORENEGES, ” Rector, Public Policy India, Instagram.

A key feature of Teen Accounts is that by default, all accounts are set to private, meaning they must approve new followers. Non-Followers cannot view or interact with their content. This applies to all users Under 16 (Both existing and new) and those under 18 when signing up, said the company.

Teenagers will also have the strictest messaging settings enabled, allowing them to receive messages only from people they follow or are already connected with.

They will also be automatically placed in the most restrictive .

Further, Teenagers can only be tagged or mentioned by people they follow. In addition, the strictest version of the anti-bulling feature, Hidden words, will be enabled by default to filer out offensive language in comments and dm requests, the company said.

The teenners will also receive notifications prompting them to exit the app after 60 minutes of daily usage. Sleep mode will be enabled from 10 PM to 7 am, muting notifications and automatically sending replies to DMS overnight.

Notably, Teen Accounts Alaso Provides SUPERVINTS FOR PARENTS, which they can use to monitor and manage their teenager’s experience, Incliding Approving Approving Changes and Setting Dely Imits.

The teengers under 16 will need parental approval to make any changes to make settings less restrictive. Soon, Parents will also also have the ability to direct these settings to provide even even stronger protections.