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Meta has introduced new ‘teen accounts’ on Instagram to give parents more control over what their teens see and who can contact them. However, some parents feel the new tool doesn’t go far enough. NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards has more.

On Tuesday, Instagram’s parent company, Meta, announced that users 18 and older will automatically be placed into a new type of private account.

Beginning Tuesday, anyone under under 18 who signs up for Instagram will be placed into a teen account and those with existing accounts will be migrated over the next 60 days.

One Louisiana mother of the bride is causing a stir online for her wedding day attire.

Instagram says it’s testing out new tools to protect young people and combat sexual extortion, including a feature that will automatically blur nudity in direct messages.

Keith Lee, a social media food critic with millions of followers on TikTok and Instagram, plans to visit Dallas soon.

Despite an initial explosion of signups and engagement numbers, Threads, Meta’s X competitor, is struggling to craft its own identity.

Small business owners say social media giants including Meta aren’t doing enough to prevent them from becoming hacking victims.

Jamie Foxx issued an apologetic statement after his Instagram post referencing Jesus, which he has since deleted, sparked accusations of antisemitism.

User traffic on Twitter has slowed since the launch of Threads, which has already surpassed 100 million sign-ups since its debut last week.

Threads, Meta’s text-based app seemingly built to rival Twitter, is live. Here’s everything you need to know about the new social media platform.

Instagram and Facebook’s parent company Meta is adding some new parental supervision tools and privacy features to its platforms as social media companies face increasing scrutiny over their effects on teen mental health.

An investigation published Wednesday described how Instagram’s algorithms connect and promote accounts that facilitate and sell child sexual abuse material.

Meta is preparing to block news for some Canadians on Facebook and Instagram in a temporary test that is expected to last through the end of June.