A young student uses her mobile phone at a public school in Planaltina, Brasilia

A young student uses her mobile phone at a public school in Planaltina, Brasilia

 Evaristo Sa

Brazil began implementing new measures on Tuesday to restrict minors' access to social media and prevent them from viewing violent or illegal content.

A law regulating children's use of social media was approved last year after a scandal involving the alleged sexual exploitation of minors on Instagram, and comes into effect this week.

Originally published on doc.afp.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.

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