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Comment: Instagram’s new features to address minors’ safety reveal flaws in Teen Accounts

By Patricia Figueiredo ( October 22, 2024, 16:02 GMT | Comment) -- New Instagram features rolled out by Meta Platforms last week were advertised as a way to shield teens from sextortion — where scammers threaten to share intimate imagery of users. However, critics say the new tools only exposed loopholes in Instagram Teen Accounts, released a month earlier. Joining the wave of harsh feedback to the new features, the UK communications regulator told MLex that it welcomes the move, but said services will have to do far more to comply with regulatory needs as it adopts a tougher stance toward online platforms' efforts in online safety.Meta Platforms last week announced a new set of features for Instagram with fanfare, aiming to protect teenagers from sextortion — a crime where scammers threaten to expose intimate images of users....

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