As Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart, a pediatric psychologist and mom of two notes, these accounts "give them the freedom to connect with friends and explore, but with a little more protection in place. That balance of freedom and boundaries is exactly what teens need, especially when we're not watching over their shoulders 24/7."
All teens - first in the United States, Canada, the UK and Australia - will be automatically placed in teen accounts... even if they have an existing account.
As part of the changes, parents will now be able to see who their teens have messaged with in the past seven days, but in a nod to privacy, won't be able to read the messages themselves.
Naomi Gleit, Meta's head of product, told Scary Mommy, "Every family is different. Some parents and some teens might be older and want more supervision, some parents and teens might want less."
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