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Sep 2024
34m 23s

Instagram Gets Reel with Teen Safety

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Today, we look at new measures that aim to protect teens on Instagram.

Social media company, Meta, have announced "built-in protections" to teen accounts as well as greater controls for parents. But will it work? James is joined by the BBC’s technology editor Zoe Kleinman plus disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring.

And Munira Wilson, Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham, joins James from the final day of the Liberal Democrats party conference, where Election Success, the NHS, and… Brexit have all been on the agenda.

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