Monitoring and Safeguarding Children’s Use of Facebook Messenger: New Tools for Parents | Family Center Updates

2023-06-28 01:12:27

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In order to make parents less worried regarding their children being addicted to social networks, Meta recently made a statement for hisfamily centerAdded new tools for parents to learn more regarding their children’s use of Messenger. Parents can now see how much time their kids spend in the app, as well as their privacy and safety settings, as well as see who they chat with and who their Stories are visible to. Parents will also be notified of changes to their child’s contact list, privacy and security settings. If a child reports a user to Meta and chooses to share this with a parent, the parent will also be able to see the message.

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Meta said that this is just part of the family center’s upcoming improvements, and they will bring more useful tools next year. At present, the new feature is only available in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, but the official said it will expand it to more regions in the next few months. In addition to parental control improvements, Meta will also remind teens to set daily time limits when they spend more than 20 minutes on Facebook. And on Instagram, the app urges teens to close the app when they’re browsing Reels in the evening. The parent function has also been enhanced, parents can see a more comprehensive child tracking account situation, and following the child blocks someone, the system will also suggest that they add their own parents to supervise the account.

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Finally, Instagram will launch a new “quiet mode” for adult users in the next few weeks. After turning on, all app notifications will be turned off, and the user’s status will also change. At the same time, the development team is also testing some new features designed to protect users from harassment by private messages.

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