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A 2025 Pew Research Center national survey of 5,022 U.S. adults (fielded Feb. 5–June 18, 2025) found that 84% of U.S. adults said they ever use YouTube and 71% said they use Facebook.

Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook) owns the social media services Instagram and WhatsApp.

Publicly shared videos documenting immigration enforcement actions have circulated on social media platforms including TikTok and Instagram and on the tracking application Eyes Up.

Instagram automatically places users under 18 into restrictive teen accounts by default that are private by default, include usage restrictions, and filter out more sensitive content.

Instagram applies a PG-13 content standard to teen-targeted content that excludes sexual content, drugs, dangerous stunts, and strong language, and the PG-13 standard is intended to apply to AI chat responses and AI experiences targeted to teens.

Instagram blocks or limits content that promotes self-harm, eating disorders, or suicide for teen accounts and blocks certain search terms related to sensitive topics, with blocked terms expanded to include broader words such as 'alcohol' or 'gore' even if misspelled.

Instagram prevents teen accounts from following, interacting with, or receiving messages or comments from accounts that regularly share age-inappropriate content, and offers an optional parental 'limited content' setting that blocks additional content and removes teens' ability to see, leave, or receive comments.

A 2025 Pew Research Center report found that about 43% of U.S. adults under age 30 regularly get news from TikTok, a higher share than for YouTube, Facebook, or Instagram.

A September 2025 Pew Research Center report found that about 43% of U.S. adults under age 30 said they regularly get news from TikTok, a higher share than for any other social media app including YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.

Between February and April 2025, CBS News identified more than 600 Instagram accounts that posted real-world violent or graphic videos packaged into short-form meme-style posts.

Meta's Instagram places all users under 18 into a 13+ content setting that is intended to block sexually suggestive material, graphic images, and adult topics such as alcohol and tobacco to approximate a PG-13 movie-style experience for teens.

Instagram offers a stricter parental 'Limited Content' setting that removes comments, filters additional mature material, limits what teens can see or post, and restricts AI chatbot responses to remain within PG-13 limits for teen accounts.

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.

Instagram Reels is a short-form video feature on Instagram designed for brief, vertically formatted videos and is comparable in format and usage to TikTok.

Advertisers barred by platform rules — including gambling sites, cryptocurrency apps, and adult-content agencies — can attempt to evade ad restrictions by paying operators of graphic-content pages to embed illicit promotions within violent or gore videos.