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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

Parents will be able to block Meta bots from talking to their children under new safeguards

A girl looking at her mobile phone.
Meta is adding new safeguards to its accounts for under-18 users by letting parents turn off their children’s chats with AI characters. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Parents will be able to block their children’s interactions with Meta’s AI character chatbots, as the tech company addresses concerns over inappropriate conversations.

The social media company is adding new safeguards to its “teen accounts”, which are a default setting for under-18 users, by letting parents turn off their children’s chats with AI characters. These chatbots, which are created by users, are available on Facebook, Instagram and the Meta AI app.

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