"With these new features, Snap is likely looking to appease regulators and parents over concerns about safety and screen time on its platform. Parents can now see the average amount of time their teen spent on Snapchat each day over the previous week. They can see how this time breaks down across different parts of the app, including chatting, snapping, creating with the camera, using Snap Map, or watching content on Spotlight and Stories."
"Snap launched Family Center in 2022 - a suite of parental monitoring tools - in response to regulatory pressure over social media companies' failure to protect minors on their apps. Since then, Snap has built out the tool with additional features, including the ability to see who teens have recently interacted with, set time restrictions, and block access to the app's My AI chatbot."
Snap announced expanded parental controls in Family Center shortly after settling a lawsuit accusing Snapchat of contributing to social media addiction and mental health issues. Parents and guardians can now view a teen's average daily Snapchat time over the previous week and see time broken down across chatting, snapping, camera creation, Snap Map, Spotlight, and Stories. Family Center now shows likely relationships for new friends, such as mutual friends, saved contacts, or shared communities, to help parents start conversations. Family Center launched in 2022 in response to regulatory pressure and has gained features like recent interactions, time limits, and My AI blocking.
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