135,000 Instagram accounts removed for ‘sexualizing children’<div class="feat-image">

</div><p><a href="
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https://9to5mac.com/guides/instagram/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Instagram[/url] accounts for “sexualizing children,” and has launched new protections for teenage users.</p>
<p>A further half a million Instagram and Facebook accounts were removed by the platform when they were found to be linked to the offending profiles …</p>
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135,000 Instagram accounts removed for ‘sexualizing children’