Meta has launched Instagram Teen Accounts, automatically placing users aged 13 to 17 under the platform’s strictest safety settings. The new features include default private accounts, limits on messaging to only known contacts,

Meta, Instagram’s parent company, announced on Tuesday that it will begin rolling out its “teen accounts” feature, which aims to put all teens — including those who may try to lie about their ages — into private accounts that can be messaged, tagged or mentioned only by people they already follow in an effort to manage how minors use social media.

Instagram has increased its security settings for teenage users. Meta, the social media platform’s parent company, has tried to combat criticism about the amount of harmful content it shows to users under the age of 18 by employing more stringent measures.