The new parental controls are part of Meta's promise to
protect children using its social media apps, after a whistleblower leaked
internal documents that showed the company was aware that Instagram caused body
image problems for some teenage girls.
The uproar resulting from the leaked documents led to Adam
Mosseri, head of Instagram, testifying before Congress in December, where he
was grilled about children's safety online.
The Instagram supervision tools will be available in the US
beginning Wednesday and will roll out globally over the coming months, Meta
said.
Parents will be able to view what accounts their children
follow and can set time limits for how long their kids spend on the app.
In May, Meta will launch a dashboard that includes supervision
tools for its Quest headsets and will automatically block teens from
downloading age-inappropriate apps on Quest.
Parental supervision on both Instagram and Quest will
require consent from teens, Meta said in a blog post.
The company added it plans to eventually allow parents to
oversee their kids' activities across all of Meta's services from one central
place. © Reuters
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