Snapchat is supposedly developing “Family Center,” its version of parental controls – PhoneArena

In October 2021, Evan Spiegel, who is Snap’s CEO, teased that Snapchat is planning to introduce parental controls to the platform, which would provide parents with a better understanding of how their children use the app. Now, new screenshots taken by the product intelligence firm Watchful and shared with TechCrunch indicate that Snapchat may indeed be developing such a feature. From the pictures, we understand that Snapchat’s parental controls will be called “Family Center” and will enable parents to do several things. First, they will be able to find out who their teen’s friends are by opening their child’s friend list. This is unique because you can’t actually view other people’s contacts on Snapchat.Second, it will allow parents to monitor who their teenager has chatted with in the last seven days. However, they will not be able to open and read the chats. Third, parents will be able to help their teens report abuse and harassment if necessary.But in order for all these things mentioned above to happen, teens must first give their consent. Yes, for parents to see what their children are doing on the platform, they will first need to invite them to their “Family Center.” The receiver…
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