Sheikh Saif thanks Snapchat for new parental control feature – The National

Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, thanked social media company Snapchat for its new parental control feature, which was rolled out in the UAE on Wednesday.Introduced globally last month, the “Family Centre” feature allows parents to see accounts teenagers have been in conversation with over the past seven days, although they will not be able to see the content.The feature also gives parents permission to confidentially report any abusive or suspicious accounts to the app’s safety team.To activate the feature, parents invite their teenagers to join Family Centre on Snapchat, which gives them access to their friends list.Snapchat plans to introduce additional features in the coming months, including notifications to parents when their teenagers reports abuse from a user.To activate the feature, parents invite their teenagers to join Family Centre on Snapchat, which gives them access to their friends list. Wam Snap’s new tools follow a similar move by Instagram, which launched its Family Centre in March, allowing parents to view what accounts their teenagers follow and how much time they spend on the app.The feature’s launch in the UAE followed co-operation between the Ministry of Possibilities and Snap, news agency Wam reported.The feature supports…
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