TikTok gives parents even more control over what their teens see
TikTok has recently faced scrutiny over child safety issues in the US and elsewhere due to its youth-skewing userbase and reams of inappropriate content on the platform. Now, the company (owned by China’s ByteDance) has announced that it’s is giving parents more control over what their teens can see. It’s adding new content filtering controls […]
Telegram Stories with customizable expiration times are coming next month
Users can choose to display them forever or make them disappear within 6, 12, 24 or 48 hours. In a series of messages on his Telegram channel, Pavel Durov has revealed that the instant messaging service is launching its own take on Stories next month. He shared that users have been asking for the feature […]
Meta is rolling out new parental control tools for Instagram and Messenger
Meta announced new parental control tools across Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger today. This includes a new parental supervision hub in Messenger, a feature that pre-emptively blocks unwanted DMs on Messenger and Instagram, and nudges to remind teens that they should take a break. Messenger supervision controls, which will be available in Meta’s Family Center, are […]