Instagram Shares Updated Parents' Guide in Line with the Return to School
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- 26 Sep 2022
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With students returning to school, Instagram has shared an updated version of its Parents’ Guide, which provides a full overview of the app’s various privacy and control features, along with notes to help parents provide support and guidance for their kids in the app.
Which may well be critically important - as Instagram explains:
“Some adults make a distinction between teens’ social media lives and their “real lives.” But in reality, the two are closely intertwined. Instagram and other social media apps are where they express themselves, hang out with friends, explore ideas, grow and learn. Like all human interaction, there will be times of joy, kindness and compassion. There will also be moments of drama and anxiety -- not necessarily because of the technology, but because that’s the nature of relationships, online and off.”
‘Not necessarily’ because of the technology, but often exacerbated by such.
Indeed, various reports have highlighted the dangers of Instagram, in particular, for teen users, and with new school pressures adding to this, it may be worth downloading and looking through the guide, which is available in 40 regional variations, including different languages.
The guide provides a full overview of Instagram’s various privacy and account safety options and how they work. Read More...
