2021 - 2024: Instagram Supervision
Designed and shipped 0-1 product called Family Center in March 2022 where parents and guardians can supervise their teens on Instagram. Lead design for information architecture and logged in experiences for parents where they can set time limits, view their teen’s connections, and see information about their teen’s reports.
2024 - Current: Instagram Teen Accounts
Currently leading design for parent experiences within Instagram Teen Accounts. Built upon foundation of supervision and Family Center in earlier years to launch new default protections for teens called Instagram Teen Accounts. The Teen Account protections are designed to address parents’ biggest concerns, including who their teens are talking to online, the content they’re seeing and whether their time is being well spent. These protections are turned on automatically, and teens under 16 need to connect to their parent through supervision if they want to change any of these settings to be less strict.
“Given that parents today are grappling with the benefits and challenges of the internet and digital media for their teens, our association applauds Meta for launching Instagram Teen Accounts. With teens automatically placed in Teen Accounts and certain privacy settings turned on by default, this update demonstrates that Meta is taking steps to empower parents and deliver safer, more age-appropriate experiences on the platform.”
- Yvonne Johnson, President, National PTA