Catherine Prasifka: Did you know a grape emoji can mean rape? This and myriad other reasons are why teens are not safe on Instagram

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More than 80pc of children in Ireland have unsupervised access to smartphones in their bedroom. Now we are finally talking about “the manosphere”, that might change.

More than 80pc of children in Ireland have unsupervised access to smartphones in their bedroom. Now we are finally talking about “the manosphere”, that might change. Meta doesn’t want it to: teenage attention is too valuable.

Instead, it has created “teen accounts” for Instagram. Advertised as “built-in protection for teens, peace of mind for parents”, it sounds great in theory, and that’s because it’s designed to..