Facebook, Messenger, Insta: you will be able to control the activity of your children

The Meta group has just implemented new parental control tools on the group’s apps, Facebook, Messenger and Instagram.

The problem caused by what young people see on the Internet, but also with whom they communicate, is increasingly taken seriously by the major platforms. To deal with the criticism, they are thus proposing new measures and reinforced control tools, which are now arriving at Meta.

An eye on children’s dating

What is my child doing on their phone? This is a question that you will now be able to begin to answer thanks to the new parental control tools added by the Meta group on Messenger. It will thus be possible for parents to know their teenager’s privacy settings, but also the time they spend on the application and the identity of the people who can contact them or see their stories.

For Instagram, ” in addition to seeing which accounts their child is following and being followed by, parents will now be able to see how many friends their child has in common with those accounts “, also explains the group. In addition, in order to limit the exposure time of young people to social networks, a constant subject of controversy, Instagram’s Take a break counter will also be applied to Facebook.

It’s only a beginning

For the time being, these improvements intended to improve the security of minors in their use of the networks will only be available in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. But Meta has indicated that the group should apply this update in the coming months to all the regions where it is present.

Better yet, one might say, the firm founded by Mark Zuckerberg explains that this is just a first step in a larger movement. ” Over the next year, we’ll be adding more features to parental supervision on Messenger so parents can help their teens better manage their time and interactions, while maintaining their privacy. “, it was thus clarified.

Sources: Engadget, Facebook