Overview
- Instagram’s teen setting, which went live Thursday, now auto-applies to all users under 18 in Italy and cannot be turned off without a parent’s approval.
- The 13+ filter hides posts with explicit language, risky stunts or substance references and blocks teens from searching for or being recommended accounts flagged as age-inappropriate.
- Protections reach across the app by filtering Reels, Explore, Feed, Stories and DMs and by tuning the AI chatbot so responses match teen-safe standards.
- Families can opt into a stricter Limited Content mode that further cuts what teens see and removes the ability to view, post or receive comments.
- Italy is drafting broader rules as officials tout a completed age‑verification trial with a privacy-preserving IT‑Wallet link, parents’ groups reject reported fines and push for higher age limits and profiling bans, and EU regulators prepare preliminary findings on Meta’s child-safety compliance.