You can now set up an age limit on your professional Instagram account

Instagram received reports from users about the vulnerability of teenagers under 18 years

Instagram has rolled out age-related checks for professional accounts; where users can set a minimum age limit while creating their business profiles on the social network, reports Digital Information World.

In December 2019, the company had added some new age restrictions while creating your account on Instagram however; this feature has been extended for business profiles as well.

Instagram received several reports from users about the vulnerability of teenagers under 18 years and how they can be exposed to inappropriate content on the social network.

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According to a report 12-15-year-old teenagers had submitted their personal information on the platform that can be easily hacked and misused by users.

Recently, Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched two inquiries into Facebook after concerns were raised about the social network giant's handling of children's personal data on Instagram.

Hence, if you have a business profile that contains content that is not appropriate for a certain age group, you could simply put an age limit on your account.

Further, the feature lets you set up country-specific age limits on products as per the policies of different regions/countries.

Here is how you can do it; Simply tap on the ‘Settings” option then choose ‘Business’ or ‘Creator’ profile, once this step is completed you will be able to see the option of ‘Minimum Age.’

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Here, you can add a default age that can either be applied everywhere or age by country laws. These country-specific ages will replace the default age for that particular country.

Creators can put this minimum age restriction on their full profile or they can also choose to put it for specific posts.