Meta announced today (Sept. 25) that it would be expanding its youth safety feature , Teen Accounts, to Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram users around the world — a move that will place hundreds of millions of teens under the company's default safety restrictions.

The tech giant has spent the last year overhauling Teen Accounts, including placing limitations on communication and account discovery, filtering explicit content, and shutting down the option to go Live for users under the age of 16.

Meta has labelled Teen Accounts a "significant step to help keep teens safe" and a tool that brings parents "more peace of mind." But some child safety experts feel the feature is an even emptier promise than previously thought.

A new report also released today accuses Meta's Teen Acco

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