Meta agrees to ‘reduce’ Instagram’s PG-13 rating references

Meta’s content guidelines for teens are “inspired” by PG-13 movie ratings. | Image: Meta

Meta has reached an agreement with the Motion Picture Association (MPA) that will require the platform to "substantially reduce" its reference to the PG-13 rating when describing Instagram's teen accounts. In a press release on Tuesday, a Meta spokesperson says its 13+ content guidelines aren't changing, but it has "taken the MPA's feedback on how we talk about that work" into account.

The agreement...