How Meta is Protecting Teens in a Digital World

Uncut and Uncensored with Caroline Stanbury

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🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This week on Uncut & Uncensored, Caroline Stanbury is joined by Tara Hopkins—Director of Policy at Instagram. Caroline and Tara dive deep into the latest protections being rolled out for teen users across Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger. From controlling who can contact underage users to limiting exposure to sensitive content, Tara breaks down how Meta is prioritizing youth wellbeing online. This episode is a must-listen for anyone raising, mentoring, or working with the next generation in a hyper-connected world.

Instagram Teen Accounts—now expanding to Facebook and Messenger—are designed to give parents peace of mind that their teens are safer with the right protections in place. Learn more about Instagram Teen Accounts here.

Support your family’s online experience with expert guidance and tools from Meta’s Family Center. Explore resources today, including Meta’s Screen Smart Program, at familycenter.meta.com.

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1:01.9	join me for the wild ride. Welcome back to another episode of uncut and uncensored. And today I'm
1:10.3	very excited actually because I have a house full of teens
1:13.9	downstairs to be joined by Tara, who is the global director of policy at Instagram,
1:20.0	leading on youth well-being. Welcome, Tara. Thank you so much for having me.
1:25.3	We were just talking a little bit before, as you know, I've just landed back from the States. So I'm catching up on my time and all of that. We were meant to have this amazing chats last week. So we are doing it from across the pond. But I actually have a house full of teens downstairs. I have three. So this is something that I find incredibly important.
1:44.9	And I know so many moms out there will feel exactly the same way. Because, you know, with everything
1:51.4	in the world of Instagram right now, how do you protect teenagers in this world where they are,
1:58.1	you know, a click of a button connected away from anybody.
2:01.8	So, first of all, more power to you that you are a mum to three teenagers.
2:08.0	It's, I'm a mom to two teenagers.
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