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Instagram locks down teen accounts

Meta’s Instagram limited content for under-18 accounts to a PG‑13-style setting by default in the United States, Canada, Australia and Britain, with parent permission required to view adult material.

Reposted by Nuria Oliver

Scholar power: 0.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 41%, Psychology 35%, Law 24%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Nuria Oliver	1%	53	0.7%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Scholar power

85.0%

12.7 h

0.7%

Ranking score

0.074

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

by Melissa Sweet

Scholar power: 2.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 41%, Psychology 35%, Law 24%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Melissa Sweet	2%	14	2.2%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

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Scholar power

70.0%

3.0 h

2.2%

Ranking score

0.064

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Melissa Sweet

@melissasweetdr.bsky.social

Instagram restricts what teenagers can see weeks before Australia’s under-16s social media ban begins

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Instagram restricts what teenagers can see weeks before Australia’s under-16s social media ban begins

The restrictions come as many of the companies expected to be included in the ban announce changes or express opposition

www.theguardian.com

by Larry W. Hunter

Scholar power: 8%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 41%, Psychology 35%, Law 24%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Larry W. Hunter	-	26	-

Larry Hunter

@proflhunter.bsky.social

A small but good step. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/t...

Instagram Will Limit Content for Teenagers Based on PG-13 Ratings

www.nytimes.com

by Andrew Geddis

Scholar power: 5.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 41%, Psychology 35%, Law 24%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Andrew Geddis	6%	8	5.1%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

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50.0%

4.2 h

5.1%

Ranking score

0.022

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Andrew Geddis

@acgeddis.bsky.social

"Young people should just go out and get a job distributing Facebook Posts and Instagram Reels ... "

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