Instagram is stepping up its teen safety push, expanding its Teen Account protections to Canada after an earlier U.S. rollout. The new safeguards, powered by AI, automatically shift accounts that appear to belong to users under 18, regardless of the birthday listed, into restricted Teen settings.

The latest update aims to reduce exposure to unwanted contact and filter inappropriate content, part of the platform's broader effort to make social media safer for young users.

How Instagram Teen Accounts Work

According to Android Central , Teen Account settings restrict who can message younger users and filter out explicit or damaging content from their feeds. Although Instagram acknowledges its AI is not perfect, the system is programmed to err on the side of safety. If an adult is a

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