Instagram adds safety features after critics fret over service for children

Instagram on July 27, 2021 introduced changes designed to keep young users safer by making them harder to find at the image-centric social network. — AFP Relaxnews

Instagram on July 27 introduced changes designed to keep young users safer by making them harder to find at the image-centric social network.

Tweaks rolling out to Instagram in Australia, Britain, France, Japan and the United States include software designed to spot “suspicious behaviour” by adults trying to connect with underage users.