Just last week, Instagram announced new features and privacy settings to help parents better protect their teens on its platform. Child development experts, teen safety advocates, and the media lauded the announcement. I too commend Instagram for doing the right thing.
But the truth is parents don’t need more safety settings: Only 39% say they use them. What parents really need is an effective and accurate age-verification system to keep their kids from lying about their ages to access the darker corners of the Internet.
