Instagram has started rolling out Teen Accounts in Singapore, its parent company Meta said on Tuesday.
The feature comes with built-in protections that will limit who can contact the teens and the content they see on the app.
These accounts on the Meta-owned app will also be private by default, and teenagers can only be tagged by people they follow. Offensive words and phrases will be filtered out, said Meta.
Teens will also get notifications telling them to leave the app after 60 minutes each day.
There are also additional parental supervision tools that allow parents to see who their teen is messaging, Meta said in a press release.
“With parental supervision on, parents can also decide when and for how long their teens can use Instagram,” it added.
In addition, there is also a new Sleep Mode feature, which mutes notifications between 10pm and 7am each day.