Instagram and Facebook Parental Controls Could Actually Put Vulnerable Teens at Risk, Experts Warn
By SIMMONE SHAH
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While the features are intended to encourage transparency around who teens are contacting, parental access to who a young user is messaging or following could cause problems for some teens. “There are particular situations where their parents finding out who they’ve been in contact with, or what type of help they’re seeking, is potentially going to cause harm to that young person,” says Nia West-Bey, the director of youth policy at the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Law and Social Policy.
Source URL: https://time.com/6291378/instagram-facebook-parental-control-vulnerable-teens/
