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Meta Boosts Child Safety in India: Threads Gets Parental Controls Amidst Intensified Scrutiny
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Storyboard•25-09-2026, 09:26
Meta Boosts Child Safety in India: Threads Gets Parental Controls Amidst Intensified Scrutiny
- •Meta has expanded parental supervision to Threads in India, integrating it into the company's Family Center controls for the first time.
- •Parents and guardians can now monitor teenagers' usage, set daily time limits, and manage privacy and content settings on Threads.
- •New features include viewing screen time, setting daily limits, adjusting Sleep Mode to restrict night access, and managing tagging and sensitive content preferences.
- •The rollout comes as Indian authorities intensify scrutiny on child safety, focusing on content detection, recommendation systems, and reporting mechanisms.
- •This move aligns with Meta's agreement to report child-safety matters directly to India's cybercrime portal (I4C) and addresses broader regulatory requirements concerning children's data protection.
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Meta has expanded its Family Center parental supervision tools to Threads in India, allowing parents to monitor daily usage time, set daily limits, and block access during specific hours and days. Parents can also adjust Sleep Mode to restrict night-time access, manage tagging permissions, and oversee privacy and sensitive-content preferences.
Sleep Mode can restrict or block access to Threads at night, featuring muted notifications and enabled auto-replies by default between 10 PM and 7 AM.
Meta agreed to report child-safety-related matters directly to the cybercrime portal managed by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), adding a law-enforcement layer to its product-level safety controls.
