‘Instagram Kids’ Promise to Improve Parental Supervision Tools
Facebook along with Instagram was working together to provide an update on our work to build an Instagram experience for people under the age of 13
In the latest development, Facebook has announced that they have paused the manufacturing of a new Instagram application created for kids in a move to the growing opposition and promised to revise its parental supervision tools.
Facebook along with Instagram was working together to provide an experience for people under the age of 13 and named it Instagram Kids.
The purpose of the project was to address an important problem seen that kids are downloading apps that are meant for those 13 or older.
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‘Instagram Kids had been touted as requiring parental permission to join and was supposed to provide ad-free, age-appropriate content.
Moreover, U.S. lawmakers and advocacy groups have urged the social media giant to drop its launch plans, citing safety concerns.
Pausing ‘Instagram Kids’ and Building Parental Supervision Tools https://t.co/GGlD9puw4j
— Facebook Newsroom (@fbnewsroom) September 27, 2021
“We won’t stop pressuring Facebook until they permanently pull the plug,” said Josh Golin, Fairplay‘s executive director.
On the other hand, Instagram said the application for kids will continue building on its parental supervision tools.
“The reality is that kids are already online, and we believe that developing age-appropriate experiences designed specifically for them is far better for parents than where we are today,” it said.
Back in 2017, Facebook launched the standalone Messenger Kids app, an instant messaging platform for children under the age of 13, which was controlled by a parent’s Facebook account.
