Snapchat announced 'Family Center' — a tool for parents to gain insight into who their child or teen is connecting with. Parents will be able to see the screen names of who their kids are friends with, but not what kids might be saying to each other.
in North America. In the United States, 20 percent of those users are under 18, and until now, parents had no way of monitoring what their children might be doing on the app.
"We have a responsibility to make sure teens are safe and healthy on Snapchat," Nona Farahnick Yadegar, the director of platform policy and social impact at Snapchat, told NBC News senior national correspondent Kate Snow.
If a parent has concerns about someone their teen is following, the parent has the ability to report the account and Snapchat says it will respond quickly.Snapchat told Snow they've been developing the tool for more than a year and have consulted with parents and safety groups like"Protect Young Eyes."
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