Councilmember Craig Rice Promotes Contest that Requires MCPS Middle School Students To Be On Instagram. Instagram says Users should be 13 or older.

Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice has posted a promotion for a Competition for MCPS students that requires entries into the Competition to post on Instagram.

The Competition is for MCPS middle and high school students.  However, Instagram requires users to be at least 13 years old.  Middle School students can be from 10 to 14 years old.  Most middle school students will not be old enough to be on Instagram.  Note the $10,000 in awards and prizes to lure in the students. 

From Instagram:  

 

https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/continuing-to-make-instagram-safer-for-the-youngest-members-of-our-community

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This cult teen brand is quitting social media amid growing safety concerns

New York (CNN Business)Trendy soaps brand Lush Cosmetics is quitting Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat on Friday in a radical move to draw attention to how those platforms are damaging people's mental health.

The company said Monday that its accounts will be deactivated on Nov. 26, the day after Thanksgiving, when most other brands and retailers kick their social media activity into high gear to win over holiday gift shoppers.

Lush, which has more than 900 stores worldwide, including 240 across the United States and Canada, said it will remain off those social media channels globally until the platforms ensure a safer environment for their users...

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/22/tech/lush-quits-social-media/index.html?utm_campaign=rtb&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=morning_brew&fbclid=IwAR0WBWUzvfB88sbkGBpqYl6evHdylG0mbxV7XSQMnN0DbgmJbr2UWXuMQgg