Helping teens have positive connections

To keep our technologies safe from abusive behavior, we monitor policy violations and have measures in place to keep abuse off our services. Settings to help you prevent unwanted contact include:

• Blocking someone (on Facebook or Messenger) to prevent unwanted conversations or future interactions
• Restricting people (on Facebook or Messenger) to limit the level of visibility and interaction you have with certain people
• Reporting of content or accounts that violate our guidelines and standards

Some protections are automatically enabled. With Teen Accounts, the following audience settings will automatically be set to Friends:

• Who can see your future posts, stories or reels
• Who can see your friends list
• Who can see people, Pages and lists you follow
• Who can see posts you're tagged in on your profile
• Who can comment on your public posts

With supervision enabled, parents and guardians can:

• See who your teen’s friends and contacts are
• See who and what your teen has blocked
• See who can message your teen or view their stories
• See the people and Pages their teen has blocked
• See reported accounts that your teen shares with you

Meta has ensured measures are in place to keep abuse off our apps and has developed standards for what is and isn’t allowed. Safety features available for all accounts include:

• Comment management letting you decide who is able to comment on your Facebook posts
  
• Content filters filtering out any emojis, words or phrases you (or the community) find offensive on your Facebook Page or post
  
• Audience selector, allowing you to adjust your commenting audience and gain control of a conversation
  
• Review tags to approve or dismiss Facebook posts that you are tagged in before they appear on your profile
  

Teen Accounts have additional layers of protection. These accounts will:

• Automatically filter out more sensitive and potentially offensive content so you see the content that’s the most age-appropriate

With supervision enabled, parents and guardians can:

• See account privacy settings and content preferences
• See reported content that your teen shares with you

For more information, read our full Community Standards.

We encourage teens to manage their time on Facebook and Messenger by enabling them to create boundaries around their use. In an effort to help them manage time, we’ve implemented features like:

• Your time on Facebook shows you the average time per day you spend on Facebook
• Daily reminders on Facebook allowing your teen to schedule daily limit alerts
• Take a break notifications when they’ve spent 20 minutes on Facebook

Teen Accounts have additional default settings, including:

• Notifications telling teens to close Facebook after 60 minutes each day
• Sleep mode automatically turning on between 10 PM and 7 AM, which will mute notifications overnight and display a reminder to close Facebook

With supervision enabled, parents and guardians can:

• See insights around their teen’s use on each app
• Set limits on daily use where the teen cannot access the app
• Create scheduled breaks or periods of time where teens cannot access the app

The security and privacy of our community is a top priority for us. Built-in safety and privacy features include:

• Facebook Privacy Checkup allowing you to monitor and adjust your security and privacy settings
• Profile visibility letting you see what your profile looks like to the public or a specific person and adjust accordingly

Teen Accounts have additional layers of protection. These accounts:

• Are automatically set to protective message delivery settings. Only Facebook friends and other connections can chat with teens
• Automatically set to protective teen safety settings
• Require teens under 16 to request parental approval to change settings

With supervision enabled, parents and guardians can:

• See their teen’s Facebook friends and Messenger contacts
• See account privacy settings and content preferences
• See Messenger DM and story control settings