YouTube’s new safety feature for teens gives parents more control
Will it be enough to keep young creators safe on the platform?
JoriPress
- YouTube is introducing a new supervised experience for teens, allowing parents to link their accounts with their teens’ accounts to monitor their activity.
- Parents will receive notifications of their teens’ YouTube activity through the Family Center hub, helping them encourage safe content creation and interaction with others.
- This is the first iteration of the feature and is rolling out to families globally this week.
YouTube has felt a little less family-friendly in recent years, with everything from inappropriate thumbnails to adult-themed ads making an appearance. Understandably, this has led some parents to ditch YouTube and switch to alternatives like Jellyfin. But for as unsettling as having a kid watching YouTube can be, imagine what it’s like for parents of teen YouTube creators. In what seems to be something of a response to these recent concerns, YouTube is introducing a supervised experience for teens, which builds on its existing safety features for young users.
The streaming service announced its new Family Center hub, explaining that this feature will allow parents and guardians to link their accounts with the accounts of their teens. This way, all parties involved will receive notifications about the teen’s online activity and can encourage safe practices when creating content and interacting with strangers online.
