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Instagram has introduced its latest attempt to encourage safe social media use among young people.

This follows the introduction ofrestrictions to inappropriate contentearlier this month.

A teen uses their phone in bed at night

How the ‘nighttime nudge’ might appear on the Instagram UI

It’s getting late.

Consider closing Instagram for the night."

Current Instagram screen time prefs (such as Daily Limits) require user activation.

A mockup of how the ‘nighttime nudge’ will appear on the Instagram UI

How the ‘nighttime nudge’ might appear on the Instagram UI

Presumably, it’s hoping the notification will be irritating enough to motivate app closure.

Currently, the setting is only mandatory for teens.

Which is probably what many teens will do when faced with an unwanted ‘nighttime nudge’.