Meta brings Facebook and Messenger’s “teenage accounts”
Meta wears its “teenage accounts” on Facebook and Messenger. Like Instagram, the company will automatically move the younger teens to the new accounts that come with mandatory parental control characteristics and restrictions on whom they can send messages and interact.
The company first introduced the Instagram feature And now there are 54 million teenagers with more offered accounts. (Instagram requires teenagers between the ages of 13 and 15 to use a teenage account and have tools in the app designed to catch those who lie about their age.) Teenage accounts on Facebook and Messenger will work similarly. Teens will not be able to interact with unknown contacts or change certain privacy settings unless the parent approves the action. Parents will also be able to watch the screen screen and the list of friends.
Meta also adds new safety features to teenage accounts on Instagram. With the change, teens under 16 will need a parental permission to start live show. The app will also prevent the young teenagers from turning off nudity protection – a function that automatically blur images in direct messages containing “suspicious nudity” – unless they receive parental approval.
These may seem like obvious precautions (they are), but at least they show that Meta are closing obvious gaps in their safety features aimed at teens. The company is undergoing intense control over the effects that its applications, especially Instagram, have on teens in recent years. Dozens of countries are currently Above the alleged damage to the younger users.
This article originally appeared at Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/social-media/Meta-rings–accounts- to- Facebook-and-Messenenger 100042497.html?src=rsss
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