Motion Picture Association hits Meta with cease-and-desist over use of ‘PG-13’ label

Last month, Meta announced that teens on Instagram would, by default, only see content that adheres to PG-13 movie ratings.

MPA Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Instagram Over “Literally False and Highly Misleading” PG-13 Rating

The MPA said that Instagram owner Meta wants to exploit the trusted (and trademarked) rating system for its own use.

The MPA is pretty pissed about Instagram using "PG-13" to describe its teen accounts

Specifically, the group has now ( per Variety) issued a cease and desist order to Meta, ordering that it stop using “PG-13” ...

Meta’s Use of the Term ‘PG-13’ Has Run Afoul of the U.S. Movie-Rating Organization

The spokesperson additionally told us that the company had never claimed or implied that its accounts were actually PG-13 ...

Instagram slapped with cease and desist over its use of ‘PG-13’ teen accounts

The Motion Picture Association says Instagram’s use of the rating for teen accounts is ‘literally false and misleading.’ ...

MPA Sends Meta Cease-and-Desist Letter Over Using ‘PG-13’ to Describe New Teen Instagram Settings

The Motion Picture Association argues that Facebook and Instagram's parent company is exploiting the movie brand's public ...