Facebook will enable more private settings for people under the age of 16 who sign up for the platform. For teens who already have accounts, Facebook will display a prompt that encourages them to use the settings and a single tap to turn them on.
A teen's friends can only view the posts they're tagged in, their friends list, and the pages, people, and lists they follow, if they choose to use the "more private" settings on Facebook. Users are required to review the posts they are tagged in and only friends can comment on their public posts.
Teens are being protected from predatory adults on Facebook. Teens are being tested on a way to prevent them from messaging adults on the platform that have recently been blocked or reported by a young person. Teens will be prompted to report the accounts that they block on Facebook if they see suspicious adults in their recommendations. The company is testing removing the message button from teens' accounts if they are seen by a suspicious adult.
Similar privacy features for teens were rolled out by the photo sharing website in August. The most restrictive sensitive content control setting was made available to new users under the age of 16 by default, and teens were encouraged to switch this setting on. Users won't see as much sexually explicit content on the platform, as well as photos and videos involving drugs, violence, and tobacco products. Last year,Instagram started warning teens if an adult they are messaging has shown suspicious activity on the platform in the past.
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