Facebook defaults teen accounts to private on Insta and adds new advertising limits

July 28, 2021 9:54

Facebook-owned social media platforms have today released several new features on the apps to help protect its younger users from “potentially suspicious” accounts and limit the options advertisers have to reach young people with ads.

Starting from this week, advertisers will no longer be able to use “interests” or information obtained from other services to show ads to Instagram, Facebook and Messenger’s younger users.

Instagram announces: Teen accounts to default to private, suspicious adults restricted, new advertiser limits

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Emma Shepherd

Emma Shepherd was the acting deputy editor at Mumbrella who has over seven years of print and digital experience in the industry and has previously worked as a reporter for media outlets Bauer Media (now Are Media), Yahoo Australia, and a content strategist and writer for various independent marketing agencies.

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