August 31, 2026 • 3 mins
Meta is rolling out new Instagram rules that many parents will probably say should have existed from the start. Some might call it a long-overdue fix, while Meta calls it part of the platform’s learning curve. Jesse and Tati break down what’s changing, what it means for teens, and what parents can expect moving forward.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Star 94.1, Jesse and Tati.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Well, you know, after you said $ 17 billion, right?
Speaker 1 (00:05):
$ 17 billion, and it's basically meta-admitting, yes, there are things
we got built into this app that gets kids hooked.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
And they got the biggest, I want to say, punishment,
because I think TikTok only got like $ 400 million is
what they had to pay. YouTube is also facing some
similar issues with their platform. It's all social media base.
But now because of the settlement, there are these new guardrails.
(00:33):
And one of them, I think the biggest one, Jesse,
is a time limit on Instagram.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Daily time caps. It's a default hard limit of two
hours per day combined across Facebook and Instagram. If you're
under 18, teens cannot disable it without parental permission, but
you know, you can definitely still disable it there. That
needs to be said. This isn't just going to be
locked in. You don't have to worry about it. Especially
(00:58):
if you have a lot of trust with your kids
and they know all your passwords.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
I ain't going to lie.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Both of my kids know any password I would use
for anything. And trust me, they'll try all five of
them and try to get into an account just because
they're kids and that's what they do.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
My kids know all my passwords. I just rotate their
birthday so they know. But they also have night mode.
And this one says that stories and reels and anything
on the feed between midnight and 6 a.m., they can't
see that.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
That's a great one, especially because my wife is a
person who struggles with her sleep at night. And she'll
be on her phone in the middle of the night.
She tells me her algorithm is the worst in the
middle of the night. It's dark and scary. And it's
feeding her stuff she normally wouldn't do because the algorithm
is off. So there's no reason for them to be
on from midnight to 6 a.m.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
But they can still message during that time, which is
what they're still doing anyway.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
They're talking to each other. Yeah, that's fine.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
The ability for teens or parents to disable autoplay on
the two platforms requiring the teens to tap or swipe
to see more content.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
So instead of it.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Just continuously going. Oh, that's interesting. Then there's school mode.
There's push notifications that are muted by default during school hours.
8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Now, those are just the
notifications that are constantly going off in their pocket. Doesn't
mean your phone's not still working and doing its thing.
And then the stricter age assurance thing I was noticing.
(02:17):
where it's going to catch underage users under 13 and
prevent teens from faking adult birthdays and all that kind of.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Stuff is going to be built in.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Are they going to have something built in where adults
can't talk to the teens? Because I think that that's important, too,
where adults are reaching out to younger kids through the app.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
That's what they need to figure out.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
And then I heard that they also have the removal
of like and reaction statistics on all forms of posts.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
So this creates... Think about that!
Speaker 1 (02:46):
That's a huge one right there to not be able
to get likes from the pictures that you're posting or
the videos would, would kids even want to post them anymore?
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Well, I mean, yeah, it's of course they'd want to,
it's like a yearbook, right? You want to get in
the yearbook, you know, it's things like that, right? You
want to, you want to be able to display your
life in a way that's curated by you.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
And they're still able to do that.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
The only thing is you're not doing it just for
the likes now are the reactions or you're not negatively impacted.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
So the people that post, just like to post their
stuff will be good. The people that are doing it
for the likes may not use it anymore.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Why would you?
Speaker 3 (03:19):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
You know?
Speaker 3 (03:21):
I mean, I think that you're supposed to be using
it in a way that's not. That's why this settlement
is what.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
It is, right?
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Because everyone uses it in their own way. It was
giving people mental health issues.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
We'll see.
Star 94.1, Jesse and Tati.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Well, you know, after you said $ 17 billion, right?
Speaker 1 (00:05):
$ 17 billion, and it's basically meta-admitting, yes, there are things
we got built into this app that gets kids hooked.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
And they got the biggest, I want to say, punishment,
because I think TikTok only got like $ 400 million is
what they had to pay. YouTube is also facing some
similar issues with their platform. It's all social media base.
But now because of the settlement, there are these new guardrails.
(00:33):
And one of them, I think the biggest one, Jesse,
is a time limit on Instagram.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Daily time caps. It's a default hard limit of two
hours per day combined across Facebook and Instagram. If you're
under 18, teens cannot disable it without parental permission, but
you know, you can definitely still disable it there. That
needs to be said. This isn't just going to be
locked in. You don't have to worry about it. Especially
(00:58):
if you have a lot of trust with your kids
and they know all your passwords.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
I ain't going to lie.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Both of my kids know any password I would use
for anything. And trust me, they'll try all five of
them and try to get into an account just because
they're kids and that's what they do.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
My kids know all my passwords. I just rotate their
birthday so they know. But they also have night mode.
And this one says that stories and reels and anything
on the feed between midnight and 6 a.m., they can't
see that.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
That's a great one, especially because my wife is a
person who struggles with her sleep at night. And she'll
be on her phone in the middle of the night.
She tells me her algorithm is the worst in the
middle of the night. It's dark and scary. And it's
feeding her stuff she normally wouldn't do because the algorithm
is off. So there's no reason for them to be
on from midnight to 6 a.m.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
But they can still message during that time, which is
what they're still doing anyway.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
They're talking to each other. Yeah, that's fine.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
The ability for teens or parents to disable autoplay on
the two platforms requiring the teens to tap or swipe
to see more content.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
So instead of it.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Just continuously going. Oh, that's interesting. Then there's school mode.
There's push notifications that are muted by default during school hours.
8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Now, those are just the
notifications that are constantly going off in their pocket. Doesn't
mean your phone's not still working and doing its thing.
And then the stricter age assurance thing I was noticing.
(02:17):
where it's going to catch underage users under 13 and
prevent teens from faking adult birthdays and all that kind of.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Stuff is going to be built in.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Are they going to have something built in where adults
can't talk to the teens? Because I think that that's important, too,
where adults are reaching out to younger kids through the app.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
That's what they need to figure out.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
And then I heard that they also have the removal
of like and reaction statistics on all forms of posts.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
So this creates... Think about that!
Speaker 1 (02:46):
That's a huge one right there to not be able
to get likes from the pictures that you're posting or
the videos would, would kids even want to post them anymore?
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Well, I mean, yeah, it's of course they'd want to,
it's like a yearbook, right? You want to get in
the yearbook, you know, it's things like that, right? You
want to, you want to be able to display your
life in a way that's curated by you.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
And they're still able to do that.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
The only thing is you're not doing it just for
the likes now are the reactions or you're not negatively impacted.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
So the people that post, just like to post their
stuff will be good. The people that are doing it
for the likes may not use it anymore.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Why would you?
Speaker 3 (03:19):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
You know?
Speaker 3 (03:21):
I mean, I think that you're supposed to be using
it in a way that's not. That's why this settlement
is what.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
It is, right?
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Because everyone uses it in their own way. It was
giving people mental health issues.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
We'll see.
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