Meta is trying to prevent 'suspicious' adults from messaging teens on Facebook and Instagram | Facebook is also changing the default privacy settings for younger teens.

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On Facebook, Meta says it will start automatically changing the default privacy settings on new accounts created by teens under 16.The update follows a similar move from Instagram, which began making teen accounts private by defaultMeta is also making new changes meant to prevent “suspicious” adults from contacting teens.On Facebook, it will block these accounts from the site’s “people you may know” feature, and on Instagram it will test removing the message button from teens’ profiles.Additionally, Meta said it’s working with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) on a “global platform” to prevent the non-consensual sharing of intimate images of teens.According to Meta, the platform, which could launch by mid-December, will work similarly to a system designed to prevent the sharing of similar imagesAccording to a Facebook spokesperson, the system will allow teens to generate a “private report” for images on their devices they don’t want shared."

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