Helping Your Child Stay Safe Online: What Parents in Singapore Should Know About Meta’s Teen Accounts

Meta has introduced Teen Accounts to give young users a safer, more age-appropriate experience online. These protections were launched on Instagram in Singapore in January 2025 and extended to Facebook and Messenger from the second half of 2025.

What Teen Accounts Offer

• Default private accounts and stricter controls over who can contact your teen
• Sensitive-content filters to reduce exposure to unwanted or harmful content
• Messaging limits, anti-bullying protections, and restricted tagging/mentions
• Time reminders after 60 minutes and Sleep Mode from 10pm–7am
• Teens under 16 need parental permission to make safety settings less strict

Leveraging on Technology

While Meta is progressively using AI to estimate the age and detect suspected teen users to place them into Teen Accounts automatically, helping more teens benefit from these protections, parents can still ensure teens are staying within safe boundaries online by 

• Checking your teen is enrolled in a Teen Account on Meta’s platforms like Instagram
• Setting up parental supervision to approve changes to safety settings and manage time limits
• Reviewing safety settings together with your teen and talking about why being safe matters online

You can read the original article from our DfL partner, Meta: Introducing Instagram Teen Accounts: Built-In Protections for Teens, Peace of Mind for Parents.