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Today — 1 April 2026Main stream

How Instagram’s ‘PG-13’ Branding for Teens Unraveled

The social media giant, under legal pressure from the Motion Picture Association, has retreated from its use of the movie rating in its marketing.

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Instagram introduced Teen Accounts in 2024 in an effort to beef up privacy and address concerns about inappropriate content for teenage users.
Yesterday — 31 March 2026Main stream

These Two Countries With Social Media Bans Aren’t Happy With Google and Meta

Indonesia says the two companies are violating its law that bars children under 16 from the social media. Australia has similar concerns.

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Earlier this month, the Indonesian government announced that social media companies must deactivate accounts of users under 16 years of age and put age-verification systems in place.
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