The Facebook-owned company knows a lot of kids want to use Instagram, says head of Instagram Adam Mosseri. There is n’t a’detailed plan yet,’ according to BuzzFeed News.

Instagram’s current policy bars children under 13 from the platform. Children under the platform bars them from a platform. Instagram’s policy bars kids under 13’it’s one of the things we’re exploring,’ says Mosseri.

Kids are increasingly asking their parents if they can join apps that help them keep up with their friends. A version of Instagram where parents have control, like we did w/ Messenger kids, is something we’re exploring.

Joe Osborne, a Facebook spokesperson, is exploring bringing a parent-controlled experience to Instagram to help kids keep up with their friends.’we’re working on building additional products – like we did with Messenger kids – that are suitable for kids, managed by parents,’ he said.

The community product group will focus on privacy and safety issues. Vice President Vishal Shah will oversee the project along with Vice President Pavni Diwanji.

Instagram posted a blog post earlier this week detailing its work to make the platform safe for its youngest users. Made no mention of a new version for kids under 13.

In September 2019, the Federal Trade Commission fined Google $ 170 million for tracking the viewing histories of children to serve ads to them on YouTube. Tiktok precursor Musical.ly was fined $ 5.7 million for violating COPPA in February of 2019.

Facebook launched an ad-free version of its Messenger chat platform for kids in 2017, intended for kids between the ages of 6 and 12. Children’s health advocates criticized it as harmful for kids and urged CEO Mark Zuckerberg to discontinue it.