Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts to protect children

FILE - Students use their cellphones as they leave for the day the Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts High School in Los Angeles, California, Aug. 13, 2024. File - The Instagram logo is seen on a cell phone in Boston, Oct. 14, 2022.

Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people's lives.