In South Korea, teenagers aged 14 to 18 will experience significant changes to their Instagram accounts.
Teen users will only receive direct messages (DMs) from people they follow or are already connected with.
Additionally, viewing of sensitive content, such as violent material, will be heavily restricted.
Notifications will prompt teens to kill the app after 60 minutes of usage.
The updated feature also empowers parents with greater control.
Parents can view their childs contacts and set app usage limits.
Parents, in particular, expressed a desire to monitor their childrens online activity and screen time.
Concerns over unregulated social media exposure for teens have gained global attention.
Norway is currently considering raising the minimum age for social media use from 13 to 15.
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