Thursday, 1 October, 2026
WhatsApp Expands Parental Controls to Give Parents More Oversight of Teen Accounts
By TechShots Studio
WhatsApp is introducing new parental controls that let guardians manage teens’ access to Channels, Status, groups and profile visibility, while receiving notifications about certain group activity. Parents can also set content restrictions for Meta AI. The controls are protected by a parent-set PIN, while WhatsApp says messages and calls remain end-to-end encrypted.
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