Meta Expands Teen Accounts

About this episode

Meta is expanding parental controls by introducing Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger amidst political backlash.

Meta is expanding parental controls by bringing Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger, amid growing political backlash to social media platforms that allow kids to speak to adults and access content aimed at mature users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Topics covered

• social media
• parental controls
• teen accounts
• political backlash
• content access

Keywords

• Meta
• Teen Accounts
• Facebook
• Messenger
• parental controls
• social media
• political backlash

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meta, Facebook, Messenger

Places: political

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