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Discover tailored tools, insights and resources to guide your teen toward age-appropriate digital experiences on Facebook and Messenger.
What’s new with Teen Accounts?
A revamped experience for teens, guided by parents
We’re revamping the Facebook and Messenger Teen Account experiences to be inspired by 13+ content ratings. Teens on Facebook and Messenger are automatically placed in Teen Accounts, which have built-in protections around who can contact them and the content they can see. Our goal is for teens to see content, such as posts, reels and stories, on Facebook that's similar to what you would see in content rated for ages 13+, by default.
The 13+ settings and associated protections for teens are being rolled out in phases on Facebook and Messenger Teen Accounts over the course of this year.
Teen Accounts on Facebook and Messenger
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A protected experience for teens, guided by parents.
Teens on Facebook and Messenger will automatically be placed in Teen Accounts, which have built-in protections around who can contact them and the content they see, and more ways to connect and explore their interests. Teens will need parental permission to change these settings to be less protective.
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FEATURES AND TOOLS
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Interactions
Interactions
To keep our technologies safe from abusive behavior, we monitor policy violations and have measures in place to keep abuse off our services. Measures to help you prevent unwanted contact include: Some protections are automatically enabled. With Facebook Teen Accounts, the following audience settings will automatically be set to Friends:With supervision enabled, parents and guardians can:
- Blocking someone (on Facebook or Messenger) to prevent unwanted conversations or future interactions
- Limiting the level of visibility and interaction that you have with certain people (on Facebook or Messenger) through audience settings and message delivery settings
- Reporting of content or accounts that violate our guidelines and standards
- 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
- See who your teen’s friends and contacts are
- See who your teen has blocked
- See who can message your teen or view their stories
- See reported accounts that your teen shares with you
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Appropriate content
Appropriate content
Meta has implemented various measures designed to limit exposure to inappropriate content and abuse on our apps and has established standards for what is and isn't allowed. Safety features available for all accounts include:Teen Accounts have additional layers of protection by default that limit teens' ability to:For more information, read our full Community Standards.
- Comment management: allows you to decide who can comment on your Facebook public posts
- Content filters: filter out emojis, words or phrases that you (or the community) find offensive on your Facebook Page
- Audience selector:enables you to control who can see your posts on Facebook
- Review tags: allows you to approve or dismiss Facebook posts in which you are tagged before they appear on your profile
- Follow, search for, interact with or see content from profiles or Pages that primarily share content inappropriate for teens when in the 13+ setting.
- See search results for a wider range of mature terms (such as "alcohol"), along with other sensitive topics.
In addition, by default, teens under 18 will typically see content, such as posts, reels and stories, that is similar to what they would see in content rated for ages 13+.
With supervision enabled, parents and guardians can:- See what your teen has blocked
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Time management
Time management
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:Teen Accounts have additional default settings:With supervision enabled, parents and guardians can:
- Your time on Facebook shows you the average time per day you spend on Facebook
- Daily limits on Facebook sending reminders to your teen to close Facebook after one hour each day
- Sleep mode automatically turning on between 22:00 and 07:00, muting notifications overnight and displaying a reminder to close Facebook
- See insights around their teen's use on each app
- Set limits on daily use after which the teen cannot access the app
- Create scheduled breaks or periods of time where teens cannot access the app
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Online safety and privacy
Online safety and privacy
The security and privacy of our community is a top priority for us. Built-in safety and privacy features include:Teen Accounts have additional layers of protection. These accounts:With supervision enabled, parents and guardians can:
- 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
- Are automatically set to protective message delivery settings. Only Facebook friends and other connections can chat with teens
- Automatically set to protective teen account settings
- Require teens under 16 to request parental approval to change settings, excluding the 13+ content setting, which 13-17-year-olds require parental approval to change
- See their teen's Facebook friends and who their teen has chatted with in the last 7 days on Messenger
- See account privacy settings and content preferences
- See Messenger delivery settings and story control settings
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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RESOURCES
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