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Instagram Says It's Limiting Teens to PG-13 Content

Meta announced that Instagram will restrict teenagers to PG-13 content by default, requiring parental permission to change settings.

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Instagram Says It's Limiting Teens to PG-13 Content
Photo of a phone displaying the Instagram logo on October 14, 2022, by Michael Dwyer/AP

Oct. 15, 2025 (AP) – 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 means kids using teen-specific accounts will see photos and videos on Instagram that are similar to what they would see in a PG-13 movie — no sex, drugs or dangerous stunts, among others.

“This includes hiding or not recommending posts with strong language, certain risky stunts, and additional content that could encourage potentially harmful behaviors, such as posts showing marijuana paraphernalia,” Meta said in a blog post Tuesday, calling the update the most significant since it introduced teen accounts last year.

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