Privacy Settings on Instagram
On Instagram, users either share posts with everyone by having a public profile or only share posts with people they have approved to follow them with a private profile. SST strongly suggests children have private profiles until they are ready to start using their profile as a portfolio for prospective jobs, admission to post- secondary institutions, and other personal/professional projects. A public profile will show the account’s content publicly on Instagram, even without logging in:
A private profile will show the account but not the content they post:
Having a private account on Instagram requires users to go to their account settings. There, under ‘Account Privacy’, users can toggle the Account Privacy switch.
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