Meta is rolling out new tools on its social media platforms that will give parents more control over their children. Parents and guardians can now send invitations to their teens on the photo sharing site. Teens were the only ones who could send invitations. It is now possible for parents and guardians to set specific times when they would like to restrict their teen's use of social media.
When a teen reports an account or post, they will be able to see more information, including who was reported and the type of report. These updates are available if you already have supervision set up on the United States-based social media platform.
The United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Ireland, Canada, France and Germany will be the first countries to use these tools. The tools will be rolled out around the world before the end of the year.
Teens will be encouraged to switch to a different topic if they look at the same type of content multiple times on the Explore page. According to Meta, the new nudging is designed to encourage teens to discover something new and exclude topics that may be associated with appearance comparison.
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Meta said that research shows that nudging can be effective for helping people be more aware of how they use social media. According to an external study on the effects of nudging on social media use, 58.2% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that nudging made their social media experience better.
One in five teens who saw the new nudgings switched to a different topic according to the company's own research.
The take a break feature was introduced last year. Teens will be reminded to take a break on Take a Break when they scroll through Reels for a while. They are being tested in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and they will be launched later this summer.
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Meta says it is helping young creators through funding and education to share more of their work on social media. Experts will show these creators how to make responsible content online.
Meta launched a new set of tools designed to protect young users on the photo-sharing app. The Family Center is a centralized hub of safety tools that parents will be able to use to control what their children see and do.
Meta announced today that it is now allowing parents and guardians to approve their teen's purchase of a headset that is blocked by default based on its IARC rating. Teens who are 13 years of age and above can submit an "Ask to Buy" request which will prompt a notification to their parent. The request can be approved or denied by the parent.
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The teen won't be able to launch specific apps if parents block them. Web browsers and apps available on the Quest Store can be blocked if they are found in an app that can be blocked. When a teen makes a purchase, parents can see all of the apps their teen owns and receive notifications when they make a purchase. Information about how much time a teen is spending in virtual reality is available to parents. The teen needs to start the process for parents to link to their account. The parent and teen need to agree.
A guide to the company's parental supervision tools, along with ways to help parents discuss virtual reality with their teens, will be included in a new "Parent education hub" launched by Meta. Meta says that this is just the beginning and that it will grow and evolve over time.
A few months ago, Meta announced that it would add basic parental supervision tools to its virtual reality headset. Rolling out parental controls is the least Meta can do since they only work if parents and teens use them well.
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