Faced with the criticism and accusations they face, Meta and ByteDance focus on data and user security. Meta announces creation of Family Center“Resources and expert advice to help you frame your teens’ online experiences with home tech.” Mark Zuckerberg’s company has long sought to create the most addictive services possible. Now that he’s been chosen for suspiciously handling information from his youngest users (and others), trying to improve the social network image brand.
Facebook has been accused of selling users’ personal information and data security and promoting “digital evil” by encouraging people to stay longer in the company’s apps. Worse still, it will feed false information due to social network slack. To fix this, the company now offers tools for “parental control in Messenger.” so parents can see how teens spend their time and who they interact with on Messenger” and direct messages on instagram.
TikTok wants to restore its image by offering parental monitoring tools
TikTok He also suffers from a bad image. Chinese social network ByteDance has been accused of “diverting” young minds, and some states suspect the social network is a spying tool for Beijing’s benefit. The platform benefits from a major improvement in its functionality Family Connection : There Possibility for parents to add terms to filter content offered to their children.
However, this does not mean censoring the teen feed, as by default children can see keywords added by their parents. For TikTok, “ this can help spark conversations about transparency, borders and online safety “. While all these tools are already at your disposal, Messenger’s tracking features will only be available in France in the coming weeks.