Instagram is launching "Teen Accounts," designed to provide additional privacy for users under 18.

The Meta Platforms (META) social media app's new built-in protections for teen users include limits on who can contact them and the type of content they can see. Teens younger than 16 will need a parent's permission to change any of the included settings, the company said Tuesday. 

Users currently must verify that they are at least 13 to create an 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Instagram account.

Instagram Teen Accounts automatically will be set to private, meaning teen users will have to manually accept any new followers. The accounts also will be subject to the strictest messaging settings, meaning only people "they follow or are already connected to" can message them. Teens can also "only be tagged or mentioned by people they follow," Instagram said.

Notifications To Take Breaks From Instagram

Additionally, Teen Accounts will receive reminder notifications to leave the app after an hour each day and sleep mode—which mutes notifications and sends auto-replies to direct messages—will💦 be enabled between 10 p.m. and🐓 7 a.m. daily. 

Teens who create accounts now will be subject to the new restrictions, with existing accounts converted within 60 days in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia, and in the 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:European Union (EU) "later this year." Beyond those countries, Teen Ac꧑counts will go into effect in January.

Meta S💞ued Last Year Over Allegedly Harming Children

Last October, a coalition of 33 states 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:sued the tech giant, alleging M♕eta's social media platforms harm children and teenagers and accentu෴ate a national mental health crisis.

The plaintiffs accused Meta of targeting children and teenagers with addic🌠tive and manipulative fe♛atures to keep them engaged on its apps to maximize advertising revenue and profits.

Last month, the Financial Times reported that Meta and Alphabet's Google had a "secret deal" to 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:target Instagra🌟m advertiseme💖nts to teenagers on YouTube.

Meta shares edged higher to $534.88 Tuesday afternoon. Shares are up about 5ﷺ0% this year.