Snap’s Family Centeradds new parental monitoring features, but with a twist.
To start, both parent and child have to agree to enable it.
Alsocoming soonis a feature that lets parents view any new friends their kids add.
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It seems to be a pretty good balance between the interests of the involved parties.
Expectation of Privacy
Let’s back up a second.
Should kids even expect privacy online?
After all, they’re just kids, right?
Why not online, too?
In fact, they require even more work from parents.
Johnson, the data privacy attorney, agrees.
“The challenge for parents is keeping up with all the various online platforms their children are using.
The days of dumping the kids in front of the TV or a DVD are over.
Now, screens require just as muchif not morefrom parents than looking after their kids in the real world.
Welcome to the future, where technology was supposed to make things easier.
