New Year, New Social Media Algorithms to Keep Your Kids & Teens Safe

Social media has a powerful influence over both teens and adults. As we settle into 2025, now is a great time to sit down with the kids and teens in your home and help them reset their algorithms to ensure their content is positive, encouraging and safe.

How to Reset What Influences Your Instagram Feed

Meta is committed to ensuring that everyone on Instagram, especially teenagers, has safe, positive and age-appropriate experiences, and feels the time they spend on Instagram is valuable. To achieve this, Meta now offers the ability for users to customize their Instagram experience, allowing it to reflect their evolving interests - or - to simply restart with a clean slate.

With just a few taps, users can now clear their recommended content across Explore, Reels, and Feed, effectively allowing them to start fresh!

How to Reset Your Suggested Content: 

• Go to your profile

• Tap the three-bar "More Options" icon

• Select "Content Preferences"

• Select "Reset Suggested Content"

• Review and accept the terms

Our kids are the first generation to grow up in a digital world, and you are the first generation of parents to help them navigate the unknown. You have the privilege of walking with your child toward health and growth, helping them steward their attention wisely. Here are 5 tips that may help on this journey!