Instagram teen accounts still show suicide content, study claims

Research suggests that 30 out of 47 Instagram safety tools for teens were "substantially ineffective or no longer exist".

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Researchers also said the social media platform, owned by Meta, encouraged children "to post content that received highly sexualised comments from adults".

The testing, by child safety groups and cyber researchers, found 30 out of 47 safety tools for teens on Instagram were "substantially ineffective or no longer exist".

Meta has disputed the research and its findings, saying its protections have led to teens seeing less harmful content on Instagram.

"This report repeatedly misrepresents our efforts to empower parents and protect teens, misstating how our safety tools work and how millions of parents and teens are using them today," a Meta spokesperson told the BBC.