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Tech Tuesday: Meta introducing new protections for young users

Seen on the screen of a device in Sausalito, Calif., Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces their new name, Meta, during a virtual event on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021.
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Seen on the screen of a device in Sausalito, Calif., Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces their new name, Meta, during a virtual event on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021.

Meta, the owner of Instagram, is introducing new protections for young users of the app.

These new “teen accounts” are aiming to lessen the effect of social media on the well-being of teenage users.

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These explosions were carried out by pagers used by Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party.

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