

Social Media Matters with its “Wranga Digital Parenting”, initiative is creating awareness about kids’ online safety, parental controls, cyber-crimes and privacy tools.Facebook says its new Messenger Kids will not show advertisements or collect information for marketing purposes. In case of any inappropriate content such as images, videos or chat messages, kids must be mentored with gender and digital sensitization. It is important to have open interactions with children regarding their online friends, screen timings and preferred content. In order to address the safety concern of kids, parents must counsel them. It is quite common for kids to be vulnerable to predators posing as friends or celebrities, child pornography, and the growing threat of sextortion. 3 out of 5 parents admit their children under 13 are using some kind of messaging app, social media or both. As per a report published by 93% of 6-12-year-olds in the U.S. India had 451 million monthly active Internet users as of March 31, 2019, second only to China in terms of number of users.

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From there, you should see Messenger Kids as an option. Open the Facebook app and log into your Facebook account.
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To access the Parent Dashboard on an Android or iPhone: If parents think any image or video kids received are inappropriate then they can remove it from the children’s message thread and report it. Parents can also view the child’s recent chat and contact history over the last 30 days.
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Parents can request a copy of their kid’s Messenger Kids contact list, messages, images and videos through the Download Information option. Parents can override any new connection from Parent Dashboard which also shows a log of recent activities.īlocking and Reporting feature notifies parents any time the child blocks or reports someone from their app. Whenever the kids accept, reject, add or remove contacts on their own, Supervised Friending option notifies parents regarding the same. When the app is in sleep mode children are unable to use it. The Sleep Mode feature in Parent Dashboard helps in setting screen time for kids. There are a few features in Messenger Kids Parental Controls that help parents in supervising the kids’ internet experience. Guardians can get an insight into a child's chats, contacts list, images sent on chat, videos, etc. Parents can monitor the app directly from the Parent Dashboard accessible via Messenger Kids shortcut in Facebook.
