By Eli Tan Reporting from San Francisco A year ago, Instagram made sweeping changes to the account settings of its teenage users after growing scrutiny from parents and lawmakers over child safety issues.

Under the new guidelines, accounts that share adult-themed content, including mature words, will be hidden from teens.

Meta is dialing back what teens can see on Instagram. The social media giant says it will limit content for users under 18 to roughly the same level as a PG-13 movie. That means no posts with sexualized content,

Meta, parent company of Instagram, said in a statement that “today, we’re announcing that Instagram Teen Accounts will be guided by PG-13 movie ratings by default. This means that teens will see

Instagram is tightening the settings on its "teen accounts" to add new limits on what kids on the platform are able to see. Older teens will also no longer be able to opt out of the default stricter settings without parental approval.

Instagram has cycled through a few different safeguards for teenage accounts since Meta whistleblower Frances Haugen revealed that the company knew how much Instagram was negatively affecting teenage mental health back in 2021.

Teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won’t be able to change their settings without a parent’s permission, Meta announced on Tuesday. This

Instagram is introducing stricter content settings for teen accounts, guided by PG-13 movie ratings, to give parents more clarity on the content their children are consuming.