Snapchat will let parents know who their kids are chatting with
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Snapchat will make it easier for parents to know who their children are talking to when they are surfing the Internet
Snapchat announced that it will activate a new feature within its application that will allow parents to be aware of who their children chat with when they are online . The objective is to improve the safety of children and adolescents who use the app by preventing them from being involved in conversations with strangers.
The tool is part of the 'Family Center', a new section created so that parents can have greater control of what their children do on the Internet.
From Snapchat they clarify that the representatives of the minors will not have access to the conversations, so they will not be able to see the content of the chats, something that could suppose a violation of the privacy of their children.
“Our goal was to create a set of tools designed to reflect the dynamics of real-world relationships and foster collaboration and trust between parents and teens,” the social network said in a statement.
It should be noted that in order to use the aforementioned function, both the tutor and the user must accept an invitation so that they can link their respective accounts . After doing this, the minor's representative will have the possibility to see a list with the names of each of her son's friends, as well as the accounts with which he has interacted during the last week.
As indicated by Snapchat, the scope of the Family Center will soon expand with the addition of new features such as content controls and being able to receive notifications when the child adds a new friend on the social network.
Among the reasons that explain Snapchat's initiative to implement this type of control is the interest that has arisen in the Senate to implement measures that address the safety of children when they browse the Internet.
This is all part of the fallout from the revelations made by Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee, who revealed confidential Meta information that allegedly suggested that the company, which owns Facebook and Instagram, was aware of the damage that its use was causing in Young.
Given this situation , some of the most important technology companies were forced to testify before Congress to reveal what security measures they have to protect children when they are connected to the Internet .