Lately Meta seems to be taking the protection of children on its social networks particularly seriously. It’s worth mentioning that the company has been called out on the issue numerous times in recent years, which explains why the company is now trying to fix it. The group had introduced new restrictions a few days ago specifically to prevent children from accidentally encountering sensitive content.
Meta is now attacking messaging services that pose a high risk to children, who are constantly at risk of receiving unwanted messages. The company had already ensured that adult users no longer had the right to communicate with minors who did not follow them on social networks. Kids will no longer be able to receive messages from strangers by default. The company is also preparing a feature that will detect inappropriate content in messages such as iMessage.
Parents will be able to better keep track of their kids on Messenger and Instagram
However, children will be able to disable this option from their own settings. Fortunately, Meta will also include a feature that will help parents better supervise their children on social networks. Until now, Instagram would notify an underage user when they made changes to their account.
From now on, certain settings will be preserved and will require administrator approval to change. Good news; This includes the setting that protects children from unwanted messages from strangers. These changes will apply to user accounts under the age of 16 or 18, depending on the legislation in each country.
Source : Meta
