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Meta Announces Instagram, Facebook Changes After Kids Safety Settlement
Meta is changing how kids use Instagram and Facebook.
The two apps will share a two-hour daily time limit.
The time is added together across both platforms.
The limit starts over at midnight every day.
Some activities will not use up this time.
These include messaging and changing app settings.
Videos or audio lasting more than 22 minutes also will not count.
A parent can turn off the restriction if they choose.
Instagram and Facebook will have a two-hour daily usage limit for kids.
Time will be counted cumulatively across both platforms.
The limit resets at midnight each day.
Messaging, app settings, and videos or audio lasting more than 22 minutes will not count toward the limit.
Parents can switch off the restriction, according to the reported changes.
- Who
- Meta, children using Instagram and Facebook, and their parents.
- What
- Meta is introducing a cumulative two-hour daily usage limit across Instagram and Facebook, with some activities excluded.
- Where
- On Instagram and Facebook.
- When
- The limit resets at midnight each day; the article does not specify when the changes begin.
- Why
- The changes are being made after a Meta safety settlement.
Key facts
- Daily limit
- Two hours across Instagram and Facebook.
- Counting method
- Usage is counted cumulatively across both platforms.
- Reset time
- The limit resets at midnight every day.
- Excluded activity
- Messaging and app settings do not count toward the limit.
- Long media
- Watching videos or listening to audio lasting more than 22 minutes does not count.
- Parent control
- A parent can switch off the restriction.
- Context
- The changes follow a Meta safety settlement.
Sources
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