Meta agrees to ‘reduce’ Instagram’s PG-13 rating references

March 31, 2026 Emma Roth

Screenshots of Meta’s 13+ settings
Meta’s content guidelines for teens are “inspired” by PG-13 movie ratings. | Image: Meta

Meta has reached an agreement with the Motion Picture Association (MPA) that will require the platform to "substantially reduce" its reference to the PG-13 rating when describing Instagram's teen accounts. In a press release on Tuesday, a Meta spokesperson says its 13+ content guidelines aren't changing, but it has "taken the MPA's feedback on how we talk about that work" into account.

The agreement comes just months after the MPA sent Meta a cease-and-desist order over its use of the PG-13 rating. At the time, Meta compared its new teen restrictions on posts containing nudity, sexual content, or suggestive poses to what you might see in a …

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