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Instagram is updating teen accounts with “PG-13” filters to block posts with excessive profanity or risky stunts.

The social media platform will also block teens from searching for sensitive topics, like alcohol and gore.

Instagram will ensure that its AI chatbot avoids sharing suggestive, explicit or inappropriate material with teen users.

Instagram, which has hundreds of millions of teenage users, is making “the most significant update” to teen accounts yet, the social media site announced in a press release on Tuesday.

Under the new update, teens will see content on Instagram similar to what they might see in a PG-13 movie, which typically allows some swear words and violence. Instagram already blocks posts for teens that feature nudity, graphic images, and sexu

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