Meta reveals 600,000 accounts linked to predatory behavior

The company says it’s updating the safety features for teenagers.

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00:00Meta is rolling out new protections to keep teens safer on Instagram and Facebook, especially in DMs.

00:06When teens start a new chat, they'll now see safety tips front and center,

00:10along with tools to block or report accounts right away.

00:14Instagram will also show the month and year the account was created, helping flag anything suspicious.

00:20Meta has also added a one-tap option to block and report together.

00:23It says it flags potentially suspicious behavior, like adults messaging lots of teens,

00:29which then triggers safety alerts.

00:31And it sounds like Meta's safety notices are working.

00:34In June alone, users blocked one million accounts and reported another million after seeing them.

00:40It's all part of a broader crackdown.

00:42Meta says it removed nearly 135,000 Instagram accounts earlier this year for sexualizing children,

00:48plus another half a million linked accounts across Instagram and Facebook.

00:53That'll do it for your daily briefing.

00:55From the New York Stock Exchange, I'm Caroline Woods with The Street.

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