Meta has always tried to introduce helpful tools for parents that let them supervise their kids across Meta’s apps to save them from harmful content, cyber fraud, and track their daily screen time.
Yesterday, Meta announced that new parental supervision tools will be coming to Threads, starting next week in the US. Parental supervision will allow parents and guardians in Family Center to have visibility and controls on Threads, as they do across Meta’s other apps.
New Parental Supervision tools coming to Threads
Teen accounts on Threads have automatic, built-in protections like private accounts and limits on the content teens see. Parental Supervision offers a set of tools and insights that parents and guardians can use to help support their teen on Threads.
When supervision is set up, parents and guardians can:
- See time spent- View how much time their teen has spent on Threads each day for the past week, including their average daily time spent for the week.
- Set time limits- Set a daily time limit for how long their teen can use Threads and block access during select days and hours. If Threads is used on multiple devices, time limits apply to the total time spent using Threads.
- Adjust sleep mode- Parents can limit or block their teen’s access to Threads at night, with notifications muted and auto-replies on by default from 10 PM to 7 AM.
- Manage tagging- Control who can tag their teen in posts
- Manage privacy and content preferences- Manage and approve some of their teen’s privacy settings and sensitive content preferences.
Starting next week, parents can also decide if teens under 16 can change the private account or limits on the content settings.
To set up supervision, visit familycenter.meta.com/supervision.
