RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — There are new restrictions on Instagram accounts for teenagers. It's Meta’s — the parent company of both Instagram and Facebook — latest attempt to protect kids from seeing potentially harmful content.

This is also something lawmakers and other leaders here in North Carolina have tried to tackle.

All accounts for teens younger than 18 will be controlled with PG-13 settings, just like movies. This means they'll only see content like what you would see in a film with that rating.

A local children's psychiatrist tells us she thinks these new rules are a step in the right direction.

"I love the movement towards creating more safety, more safe spaces for adolescents on social media, and I think it can help parents. I don't think it's all that it's going to take for pe

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