Nearly three years after the explosive “Facebook Papers” first drew mass attention to the risks of Instagram for young users, the platform is taking its most dramatic step yet to create a safer experience for teens.

The social media app says new privacy settings and features will create more age-appropriate experiences for youth under 18.

Instagram announced that AI age verification will be used to determine which users are teens. The goal is to place 13- to 17-year-old users in newly