Meta is expanding its security measures for adolescents who have an Instagram account, excluding them from the ability to do live streaming.

The company announced that minors under 16 should be licensed by their parents to live on the platform.

Besides, it is required for parental leave to turn off a function that blurs images they contain bare content in their messages.

At the same time, arrangement will come that will enable parents to they set daily limits for use of the application and prevent children from using the Instagram in specific times and see the accounts with which their child exchanges messages.

Updates are an extension of System Teen Accountswhich the company first introduced last September, and automatically places all users under 16 on a private account.

At the same time, adolescent accounts in Facebook and Messenger They will initially be released in the US, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. As with Instagram accounts, users under 16 will need parental leave to change the settings.

Meta stated that adolescent Instagram accounts are used by 54 million people under the age of 18 all over the worldwith more than 90% of 13 -year -olds and 15 -year -olds maintaining default restrictions.