Instagram introduces biggest privacy update for underage users

The changes will designate all new and existing Instagram accounts set up by users under 18 as “Teen Accounts” and automatically make them private:

Anyone under 16 will need approval through the app’s parental supervision tool to change their privacy settings. Parents will also be able to see whom their kids DM (but not the content of messages) and what topics they manually chose to see more of on their Explore pages. Teen Accounts will also feature “Sleep Mode,” which pauses notifications from 10pm to 7am.

Talk about something where you realize your perspective has changed since becoming a parent. I’m all for this.