Meta asked if US teen safeguards will extend to South Korea, regulator says
By Jenny Lee ( August 27, 2026, 08:31 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms is being asked by South Korea’s communications regulator whether safeguards for teenage Facebook and Instagram users agreed with US state attorneys general will also be extended to South Korean users. The Korea Media and Communications Commission told MLex that measures targeting potentially addictive features, including algorithm-based recommendations, interaction metrics and push notifications, should ideally be available to teenage users globally.Meta Platforms is being asked by South Korea’s communications regulator whether new safeguards for teenage Facebook and Instagram users agreed with US state attorneys general will also be extended to South Korean users, as Seoul weighs its own response to concerns over young people’s use of social media....
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