Meta is giving parents more insight into how their teens use AI on its platforms. The company said Thursday that parents can learn what topics their children are asking AI about over the previous week on Facebook, Messenger or Instagram — apps owned by the Mark Zuckerberg-run company.
While the move is intended to support the safety of children on popular social platforms, experts said it’s no substitute for good content moderation and safe design, and they warn it could have unintended consequences by reducing teens’ privacy.
The new feature is called AI Insights and is now available for parents who are supervising Teen Accounts in the US, UK, Australia, Canada and Brazil. Meta will roll out AI Insights globally in the coming weeks. Teen Accounts are specially designed experiences for teens on the platforms with stricter default privacy and content settings.
Insights follows on the heels of other safeguards Meta introduced for
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