Meta will "substantially reduce" describing Instagram teen accounts as PG-13

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globaltech6h ago

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Meta has reached an agreement with the Motion Picture Association (MPA) that will require the platform to “substantially reduce” its reference to the PG-13 rating when describing Instagram’s teen accounts. In a press release on Tuesday, a Meta spokesperson says its 13+ content guidelines aren’t changing, but it has “taken the MPA’s feedback on how we talk about that work” into account. Meta agrees to ‘reduce’ Instagram’s PG-13 rating references The Motion Picture Association issued a cease-and-desist order after Meta compared Instagram’s teen content restrictions to movie ratings.

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