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Snapchat now lets parents restrict their teens from using the app’s ‘My AI’ chatbot
Snapchat is introducing new parental controls that will allow parents to restrict their teens from interacting with the app's AI chatbot.
The new parental control comes as Snapchat launched My AI nearly a year ago and faced criticism for doing so without appropriate age-gating features, as the chatbot was found to be chatting to minors about topics like covering up the smell of weed and setting the mood for sex. The expansion of the app’s parental controls come Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel is scheduled to testify before the Senate on child safety on January 31, alongside X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, Meta and Discord. The changes also come two months after Snap and Meta received formal requests for information (RFI) from the European Commission about the steps they are taking to protect young users on their social networks.
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