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The Instagram School Partnership Program has taken a new turn following the announcement on Tuesday, which is aimed at expediting the handling of moderation reports submitted by verified school accounts.
The program has been made available to every middle and high school in the U.S. This program also allows schools to report posts or student accounts that may have violated the app’s guidelines directly to Instagram. These reports are automatically prioritized for review, and schools are alerted to actions taken.
The company says the goal is to help educators directly report potential teen safety issues, which include but are not limited to bullying and other issues.
This Instagram School Partnership Program was designed to show participating schools featuring a “school partner” banner on their dashboards.
Moving forward, Instagram has also been selected to offer educational resources with tips on using the app. This is going to benefit educators, parents, guardians, and students.
In previous years, Instagram has been testing its new program with 60 schools and collaborating with the International Society for Technology in Education and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ISTE+ASCD) to create the program.
Similarly, other U.S. middle and high schools can sign up to join the Instagram School Partnership Program’s waitlist.
It is also to be noted that the Instagram School Partnership Program comes as senators advance the Kids Off Social Media Act (KOSMA), which seeks to ban social media access for kids under 13. Similarly, in February, the Senate Committee on Commerce approved the bill—the U.S. The Senate has passed two related bills: the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
Beyond the Instagram School Partnership Program, the app has taken other steps focused on online safety. For example, it launched teen accounts for users under 16, which are set to private by default. These accounts also have messaging restrictions, parental controls, and other limitations.
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