With the new feature, Instagram users will be able to set an account’s status to ‘In Quiet Mode’ to alert the followers that the users are not actIve on the platform.
The social media platform also launched additional parental control tools and other tools to regulate recommendations, all of which are aimed at ensuring the safety of teens using the programme.
Instagram is working on Quiet Mode and a “not interested button” to ensure teen health, and reduce some of the backlash it regularly faces about the same.