Children on WhatsApp only if ‘accompanied’ by mum or dad

WhatsApp introduces them accounts managed by a parenta new one mode designed to allow parents and guardians to accompany the pre-adolescents in the first experiences on the platform with more restrictive settings e dedicated controls.

The news, announced by the company, is aimed at children under 13 years of age and aims to limit the use of the service to messaging and calls.

Restrictions with new accounts

According to WhatsApp, i new accounts were born in response to the requests of many parentsinterested in using the ai app younger children in a more controlled environment and with greater guarantees. Accounts will need to be created and actively managed by a parent or guardian and will remain connected to theirs WhatsApp profile. Among the main characteristics, the possibility for boys to use exclusively chats and callswhile the parents will be entrusted with the contact management who can communicate with their children, gods groups which they will be able to access and privacy settings.

Protected experience for under 13s

The objective, explains the company, is to offer amore protected experience for the under 13introducing stricter default settings and new parental supervision tools.