Instagram tweaks accounts to give young users greater private experience

Instagram on Tuesday updated its settings for users under 16 years of age on the platform, defaulting their accounts to a private setting, with less targeted advertising for this set.

The idea, according to Instagram, is to give young people a safer and a more private experience.

Instagram is very popular among teenagers in India and globally. The app, owned by Facebook, has over one billion users worldwide. Though it does not break up users by country, according to Statista, India was the leading country based on Instagram audience size as of April 2021, with 150 million users accessing the photo sharing and editing app, followed by the United States with 140 million users.