Tag: Instagram

Instagram Introduces New Features to Address Screen Time and Harmful Online Content

Want to set some more safety features on Instagram? Find out about Instagram’s latest features added to address screen time and harmful online content, in our latest article.

18th February 2022

Instagram Defaults Private Accounts for Young People

This week, Instagram have announced some new changes into how young people’s social media accounts can be managed in order to detract from unwanted followers and messages from strangers.

29th July 2021

Instagram Will Now Allow Users to ‘Hide’ Likes

Instagram has launched a new feature this week that will give users the option to ‘hide’ likes on other people’s posts as well as their own.

27th May 2021

SWGfL and Internet Matters Launch Campaign to Address Impact of Remote Learning on Young People

We have joined forces with Internet Matters to launch a campaign that addresses the impact of remote learning throughout the lockdown period. Our Instagram campaign will look at the coping strategies of young people in how they have managed their various stresses throughout remote learning.

22nd February 2021

Parenting in a digital age: Body image and your child

This blog is the first in our ‘Beginner’s guide to digital parenting’ series, aimed at addressing parents’ concerns about young people and technology

2nd February 2017

5 things parents should know about Instagram

In the world of social media, one of the hottest platforms at the moment is the photo sharing platform Instagram, especially with young people. Here are the answers to 5 top questions you may have about it

18th May 2016

Instagram Gossip Style Pages

We are aware of a growing trend in the UK that we call “baited pages”. These usually appear on Instagram, but we have also seen this on other Social media platforms...

26th January 2016