{"id":206156,"date":"2021-03-19T11:35:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T08:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/facebook-is-budding-to-build-a-kid-friendly-instagram\/"},"modified":"2021-03-19T11:35:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T08:35:11","slug":"facebook-is-budding-to-build-a-kid-friendly-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-is-budding-to-build-a-kid-friendly-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"#Facebook is budding to build a kid-friendly Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Facebook<\/a> is budding to build a kid-friendly Instagram<\/strong>”
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\n Facebook has had many problems in dealing with content moderation when it comes to children on Instagram. The EU even started a probe last year into the social network\u2019s data storage practices for kids<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To tackle all these problems, the company is now looking to build a special version for users under the age of 13.<\/span><\/p>\n

BuzzFeed News<\/a> reported last night that in an internal note, Instagram\u2019s VP for product, Vishal Shah said that as a priority, the company wants to make the platform safer for teens and also build a version for young kids:<\/p>\n

I\u2019m excited to announce that going forward, we have identified youth work as a priority for Instagram and have added it to our H1 priority list.\u00a0We will be building a new youth pillar within the Community Product Group to focus on two things: (a) accelerating our integrity and privacy work to ensure the safest possible experience for teens and (b) building a version of Instagram that allows people under the age of 13 to safely use Instagram for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For now, to use Instagram, you have to be over 13 years old. And users can report accounts they suspect are under 13.<\/p>\n

The internal post also noted that\u00a0Pavni Diwanji \u2014 a former Google executive who was in charge of several products for children, including YouTube Kids \u2014 will take oversee this new project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For teen safety, the company rolled out an AI-based feature earlier this week that stops adult strangers from DMing kids.<\/p>\n

This is not Facebook\u2019s first children-focused app<\/a>. In 2017, it released a kid-friendly version of the Facebook Messenger with parental controls. However, in 2019, the company had to fix a bug that allowed children to chat with adult contacts that were not approved by their parents.<\/p>\n

As more and more Facebook products are integrating, the company will have to make sure that apps for kids stay in a separate secure silo.<\/p>\n

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\n Published March 19, 2021 \u2014 08:35 UTC<\/p><\/div>\n