Snapchat launches new tool for parents to know their kids' contacts

Social Media platform Snapchat is rolling out the latest parental control features for their users.

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This tool allows parents to know their teen kids' contacts and report them (if they want) to the Snapchat without their child's knowledge.

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The goal of this feature is to enable parents to monitor their child's connections without compromising teens' autonomy.

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This new suite of tool is known as 'Family Center' and Parents can invite their teen to join the Family Center.

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After the teens consents, parents can see their kid's friend-list and who they've chatted with in the past 7 days on Snapchat

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The parents would be able to report any related accounts confidentially.

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Keeping teens' privacy in center, parents won’t be able to see private content or messages sent from their teens

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The platform is planning to introduce a new feature that notify the parents when the teen report the abuse by a user.

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Snap’s new tool is similarto Instagram, which launched its Family Center in March, allowing parents to view what accounts their teens follow and how much time they spend on the app.

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