Tag: Instagram
Meta Announces Tools to Help Protect Against Sextortion and Intimate Image Abuse
Meta has announced new tools being tested to protect young people and adults from intimate image abuse.
15th April 2024
Instagram Introduces Impersonation and Scamming Alerts
As part of a new feature, Instagram has taken steps to improve user awareness around suspicious activity and impersonation attempts.
26th March 2024
New Instagram Privacy Checklist Updated for 2024
The updated Instagram Checklist for 2024 serves as a go-to resource for finding out more about your profile and how you can utilise a number of security features.
8th February 2024
Meta Announces New Protections to Safeguard Teens from Harmful Content Online
Meta has announced new content policies to protect teens from seeing certain types of harmful content across Facebook and Instagram.
11th January 2024
Continuing the Global Efforts to Prevent Non-Consensual Intimate Image Sharing
Over 182,000 individuals have used StopNCII.org to protect their intimate images and videos from being shared across multiple online platforms.
30th November 2023
Meta Introduces New Digital Wellbeing and Parental Supervision Tools
Meta has announced new features to support young people and families across Facebook and Instagram.
7th July 2023
Instagram Introduces ‘Quiet Mode’
Instagram has released a new feature called ‘Quiet Mode’ to help teens set some boundaries with going online. Find out more in this latest article
20th January 2023
New Industry Partners Join StopNCII.org to Prevent the Sharing of Non-Consensual Intimate Images Online
TikTok and Bumble Inc. have joined Facebook and Instagram as Industry Partners of StopNCII.org to prevent the sharing of non-consensual intimate images online
1st December 2022
Instagram Age Verification Steps Up Online Safety
Instagram has gone live with new AI technology which helps to confirm the age of users in the UK. Find out more about this feature in this latest article
15th November 2022
Instagram: New Parental Supervision Tools
In our latest article, we explore Instagram’s new parental supervision tools due to be released this month, and what they mean for parents and teens.
15th June 2022
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