Snapchat Finally Releases Parental Controls Called Family Center We’ve waited a long time for this! Since our start in 2015, Protect Young Eyes has not always been kind to Snapchat. From 5 Days of Discover (2016), to Cosmo After Dark (2018), to our Senate Judiciary Committee […]
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On March 16, 2022, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced the release of new parental controls. First mentioned in December 2021 on the eve of his hearing in front of the Senate Commerce Committee, these are reportedly a “first set” of parental supervision tools being released this
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**Updated November 25, 2020** TikTok Parental Controls are (Already) Decent Parents are often surprised to learn that when compared to Instagram or Snapchat, TikTok is actually the only major social platform with parental controls. Meaning, features or functions that a parent can lock in with a
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‘Tis the Season to Give Digital Gifts! Hello, Parents! Once again, the Protect Young Eyes team wants to prepare you and your children for the holidays by providing parental control guidance for whatever digital devices are on your Christmas list. In the year of COVID, digital
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Parental Control Testing from Protect Young Eyes There are so many parental control software solutions on the market today, making it difficult for caring adults to pick the right one. We know this because the PYE team receives weekly emails, chats, and DMs from overwhelmed parents
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‘Tis the Holiday Season to Give Digital Gifts! Hello, Parents! Once again, the Protect Young Eyes team wants to prepare you and your children for the holidays by providing some parental control guidance for digital Christmas gifts. Before Gifting Electronics, Consider This Instead of focusing so
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Kids are Hacking the iPhone Screen Time Parental Controls with a Simple Trick We first wrote about this hacking issue in February 2017, when iOS 7 showed a weakness whereby kids could recover the 4-digit Restrictions passcode using a few simple steps. Unfortunately, the Restrictions weakness
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Updated for 2020 parental controls here. “I don’t have time to do the research.” Four years ago, that line from a parent planted an idea. That idea became Protect Young Eyes. If you type “parental control apps” into the Apple App Store, you are greeted with many
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Parents Have a Love/Hate Relationship with YouTube I speak to a group of parents almost once a week and I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t asked about YouTube. It’s one of the most difficult online experiences for parents to control. YouTube (owned by Google)
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