The spokesperson additionally told us that the company had never claimed or implied that its accounts were actually PG-13 rated or that they had been certified by the MPA. Instead, the company says, its new rules were guided by the PG-13 standards, which it says there is a legal precedent for.

The Motion Picture Association has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Meta , objecting to the social media platform's use of filters inspired by the PG-13 movie rating system for content moderation on Instagram for users under 18.