Instagram Restricts DMs Between Teens and Adults

Image sourced from Time Instagram is introducing a new feature that restricts DMs between teen users (under the age of 18) and adults they don’t follow. This means that if an adult tries to message a teen who doesn’t follow them, they receive a notification that DM’ing them isn’t an option. “This feature relies on our work to predict peoples’ ages using machine learning technology, and the age people give us when they sign up,” says Instagram in a blog post. “As we move to end-to-end encryption, we’re investing in features that protect privacy and keep people safe without accessing the content of DMs.” /* custom css */ .tdi_3_d05.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_d05.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Making it more difficult for adults to find and follow teens The social media ...