Meta has taken a new initiative towards the safety of
younger audience with regard to unsafe, intimate activities that teen users could
be engaging in over social media. The company has released a guide on how parents
could have discussions about these practices with their teen children and offer
them their advice.
One of the key elements of discussion that Meta has focused on is telling teens that sending or receiving intimate images isn’t something that everyone does, which suggests being cautious when receiving inappropriate images.
To help younger people disengage from the practice, Meta
suggests that parents must encourage them to raise important questions, such as
if any inappropriate image they ever receive is supposed to be shared and whether
the original sender has permitted sending the image in case it comes from a
different source.
The fact that Meta has put in efforts to spread awareness
regarding this matter is appreciable, considering how common the exchange of
inappropriate content among young users on social media has become, and the uneasiness
or resistance that parents experience at the thought of talking to their
children about it.
