In 2022, Instagram is bringing 'Parental Control' feature
The 'Parental Control' feature will be added to Instagram next March. Adam Moseri, the head of Instagram, made this announcement in a recent blog post. Thanks to the new feature, parents can find out how much time a teenager spends on Instagram; They will also find out if a deadline has been set or if the child reports to someone.
Instagram has been working on the feature for a long time, said Moseri. But the announcement comes at a time when Instagram's parent company, Meta Platforms, is facing controversy and pressure from various quarters over leaked internal documents of former employees.Inc. Chief executive Adam Miseries is due to testify in the US Senate soon.
In addition to the parental control feature, Instagram has also demanded the creation of an 'educational hub' for parents. The organization says that the hub will give tips and tutorials to parents about the child's use of social media.
In November, Instagram started testing the 'Take a Break' feature. Technology site Verge says the feature will be launched in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The company plans to launch the feature on a large scale in the global market very soon. The feature will alert users when scrolling for a long time. The user can decide for himself how long the scrolling notification will come.
Other security features that Instagram is working on include permission to tag teenagers; Instagram plans to market the feature by 2022. This feature will not allow teens to tag or mention posts in the post by default. In addition, in January, the feature of deleting a lot of content at once is coming to Instagram, Verge said. The company says the feature is designed to give users the opportunity to manage "digital footprints".
In its own post, Instagram has added written statements from experts and researchers in various fields in support of the new features. However, Verge estimates that Mসেরseri must gain momentum to win the hearts of lawmakers while testifying in the US Senate.
However, Senator Marsha Blackburn, one of Facebook's critics, told the New York Times: Timer and content control features should have been in the user's hands from the beginning. But my colleagues and I understand exactly what they are doing. "