As part of a settlement announced this week, Meta agreed to sweeping changes for young people using their platforms. Experts break down what will help - and what might not

The settlement calls for Meta to make major changes that would limit when children could use its social media services, give parents more control over their kids’ accounts, and implement more safety

Notably, Meta will limit daily time spent on Instagram and Facebook to two hours; block access to both platforms overnight and during school hours; give teens the option to create a default non-algorithmic feed; and allow teens to turn off autoplay.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. Facebook and Instagram are getting back up and running after both services went down on March 5. Users of the services were ...