Meta will roll out several features meant to increase safety for pre-teens in its virtual-reality realm. In addition, it will add to existing ones on Instagram, intending to tamp down on the debate about the app’s effects on kids.
Hoping to avoid the child-wellbeing controversies that have dogged Instagram,
Through the software controlling Meta’s Quest VR headset, parents will be able to approve or deny purchases, block apps, view the apps a teen user owns and receive notifications about any purchases. The parental controls, which activate only when a teen has linked an account to a parent’s, also allow parents to view a child’s screentime, see who the child has added as a friend and block content from a PC to the VR headset.
“We're adding in more in-app interventions to encourage teens to have more positive experiences online with a diversity of content,” says Vaishnavi J, Meta’s head of youth wellbeing. “And to also just be more mindful about the time that they're spending online.”
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