YouTube introduces updated parental control features aimed at teens
New feature will enable parents to stay informed about their children's activity on the platform and promote safe content creation.
YouTube is introducing a new feature that will allow parents to link their account with their teenager's account. This will enable parents to stay informed about their children's activity on the platform and promote safe content creation.
Accounts to be linked in the YouTube's Family Center. After linking the account, parents will receive notifications about their teenager's channel activity, including the number of downloads, subscriptions, and comments. They will not receive notifications about content.
Parents will also receive email notifications for events such as new downloads
or live streams They will be able to view new downloads on YouTube, including private or unpublished videos. Parents will be notified when the privacy settings
of videos change.
YouTube says that teens and parents will be able to disable parental control feature at any time.