Meta attempts to ‘prioritize teen safety’ by making Instagram accounts private—but is it enough?

Nicole Gill, the co-founder and executive director of Accountable Tech, called the move “yet another hollow policy announcement” by the company, adding, “Meta has known since at least 2019 that teens reported an increase in body image issues from using Instagram, along with increases in the rates of anxiety and depression, yet the company executives including Mark Zuckerberg and Adam Mosseri did nothing. … Today’s PR exercise falls short of the safety by design and accountability that young people and their parents deserve and only meaningful policy action can guarantee.”