Snapchat Parental Center: Protect your children from abuse and predators!
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Protection with the consent of the child
the Parent Center arrived this Monday, October 10 on the Snapchat application. The tool is made available to parents for enhanced protection of their children. First social network among 11-14 year olds, according to a 2022 HubSpot reportthe platform knows that it must offer a tool for parents who do not have the application codes.
The social network announced in a press release that it had chosen a feature based on trust. Parents will therefore not be able to impose the Parental Center without the authorization of their child, who must be friends with them on the platform.
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Once granted access, parents will have access to their child’s friends list as well as recent interactions, but will not be able to view messages. Reporting a suspicious account will also be possible.
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Parental Center: how does it work?
To activate the feature, nothing could be simpler. Meet in the Settings of the application (go to your avatar then to the cogwheel at the top right), then to Control and privacy. Here you will have access to Parent Center. For convenience, you can also search for the feature from the app’s search bar. The Center can be connected to several accounts, for siblings present on the platform.
In addition to the Parent Center, Snapchat offers the “Snapchat Guide for Parents”
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Snapchat source of controversy
With its Parental Center, Snapchat hopes to reassure following the many controversies that concern it. Sale of drugs, prostitution, revenge porn… Just like TikTok or Instagram, the social network is often blamed for the repeated slippages of certain users.
Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snapchat, frequently praises the company’s investment in tracking down illegal behavior. If this leads to nothing other than tools such as this Parental Center, the twisted present on the network still have a bright future ahead of them.
