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New Delhi, 27 August 2026: Everyone from children to adults uses social media. Screen time is increasing because of social media platforms; Children also stay awake till late night by being active on social media.

Meanwhile, Instagram and Facebook are introducing a 'digital bedtime' feature, which will limit app use between midnight and 6am. Apart from this, notifications will also be reduced at night and during school hours. Meta has already started the trial for this.

There will be a change in Metai's policy regarding children

To reduce children's activity on social media, the number of 'likes' and 'reactions' on Sagir's posts will be hidden.

For these users, cosmetic surgery filters will be banned, age-appropriate systems and parental controls will be strengthened, and the meta infinite-scroll experience will be disrupted.

Teens will also be given the option of a feed that is non-personalized; This feed is not powered by algorithms designed to make predictions and recommendations – similar to the methods currently used to increase engagement on social media.

If you wish, where earlier Instagram and Facebook used to force people to stay on their platforms, now they will help in determining the sleep time of children.

Now there will be an independent auditor to monitor compliance with Meta rules. Meta has also agreed to stop making misleading claims about the security of its platform; People will be provided accurate information regarding security.

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