Instagram's teen protections automatically prevent teens from following or messaging accounts that post adult or inappropriate content, block search results for topics like alcohol, gore, or dangerous stunts (including common misspellings), hide mature content from Explore, Reels, and Stories recommendations, and block links to adult material sent through direct messages while applying the same PG-13 guidelines to its AI features.
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Specific automated content controls applied to accounts identified as under 18.