B
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90%
90% -- percentage of teens retaining default restricted settings for Instagram (2025)
90% of 13- to 15-year-old Instagram users keep default restrictive teen settings.
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90%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Geography
Global
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Meta
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Tier C
https://www.jdpglobal.com/how-metas-ai-is-outsmarting-teens-to-control-their-instagram-accounts/ ↗
Source Article
How Meta’s AI Is Outsmarting Teens to Control Their Instagram Accounts
Imagine a teen sneaking onto Instagram with a fake birth year, only to find their account quietly locked into restrictive settings. Meta’s AI caught them, analyzing birthday wishes and subtle engagement clues to uncover their real age.
Social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook are no longer…
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Meta
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Meta platform announcement on AI age detection, as reported by The Verge
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IndustryMedia
RegionGlobal
Channelsocial
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Instagram: 90% percentage of teens retaining default restricted settings. Source: Meta (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/instagram-teen-default-settings-retention-90pct
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