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Teen Privacy and Safety Settings

Meta is committed to providing young people with safer and more private experiences. We have dedicated teams focused on youth safety, and we work closely with experts to inform the features we develop. Here are some of the default settings and additional tools for teens across our apps. Age requirements may vary by country.

Facebook teen privacy and safety settings

Default Facebook Settings

  • Location Sharing: Location sharing is off for minors by default. When either an adult or minor turns on location sharing, we include a consistent indicator as a reminder that they're sharing their location.
  • Private Settings: Everyone who is under the age of 16 (or under 18 in certain countries) will be defaulted into more private settings when they join Facebook, including:
    • Who can see their friends list.
    • Who can see the people, Pages and lists they follow.
    • Who can see posts they’re tagged in on their profile.
    • Reviewing posts they’re tagged in before the post appears on their profile.
    • Who is allowed to comment on their public posts.
  • We protect certain information, such as minors' contact info, school and birthday, from appearing in search to a public audience.

Additional Facebook Tools

Time Management

  • Break Reminders: Teens will see a notification when they’ve spent 20 minutes on Facebook, prompting them to take a break from the app and set daily time limits. It is designed to support teens' meaningful and intentional usage of Facebooking and encourage them to take regular breaks.

In-app Resources

  • We provide minors with specific education about what it means to post publicly. Additionally, we take steps to remind minors that they should only accept friend requests from people they know.

Instagram teen privacy and safety settings

  • Learn more about our teen privacy and safety features on Instagram.

Messenger teen privacy and safety settings

Default Messenger Settings

  • We have restrictions in place limiting the ability of adults that use our apps to message teens that they aren’t connected with.
  • We restrict adults over 18 from starting private chats with teens they're not connected to on Instagram and Messenger.

Additional Messenger Tools

Parental Supervision

  • With Supervision enabled, parents can:
    • View how much time their teen spends on Messenger.
    • View and receive updates on their teen’s Messenger contacts list, as well as their teen’s privacy and safety settings.
    • Get notified if their teen reports someone (if the teen chooses to share that information).
    • View who can message their teen (only their friends, friends of friends, or no one) and see if their teen changes this setting.
    • View who can see their teen’s Messenger stories and get notified if these settings change.

In-app Resources

  • Notices: Banners that provide tips on spotting suspicious activity and taking action to block, report or ignore/restrict someone when something doesn’t seem right.

Meta Quest teen privacy and safety settings

Parental Supervision

  • With Supervision enabled, parents can:
    • Approve their teen’s download or purchase of an app that is blocked by default based on its IARC-rating.
    • Block specific apps for their teen, which will prevent the teen from launching those apps. Apps that can be blocked include apps like web browsers and apps available on the Quest Store.
    • View all of the apps that their teen owns.
    • Receive “Purchase Notifications,” alerting them when their teen makes a purchase in VR.
    • View headset screen time from the Oculus mobile app, so they’ll know how much time their teen is spending in VR.
    • View their teen’s list of Oculus Friends.
    • Block Link and Air Link to prevent their teen from accessing content from their PC on their Quest headset.

Meta Horizon Worlds teen privacy and safety settings

Meta Horizon Worlds Safety & Privacy Tools

  • Learn more about all of our available safety features in Meta Horizon Worlds, including safety and privacy tools available for teens.

Additional Meta Horizon Worlds Tools

Parental Supervision

  • With Supervision enabled, parents can:
    • See, adjust, and lock safety features like voice mode and personal boundary for their teen.
    • See who their teen follows and who follows their teen.
    • See which apps their teen has used and how much time they’ve spent in Meta Quest and Worlds in the past seven days.
    • Give permission to allow or block their teen from using apps, including Worlds.
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