WhatsApp adds new parental controls for teen accounts
6:50 AM PDT · September 30, 2026
WhatsApp is introducing new parental controls that could allow guardians to keep a tab on who their teens interact with, and also choose content settings for Meta AI chats.
With the new controls, parents can limit how teens use channels, whose Status they can see, and who can see their Status updates. Guardians can also control who can add teens to groups or who can see their profile picture. Parents can also choose to get a notification when a teen joins a new group, leaves one, or the group size grows to 30, 100, or 250 members.
All of these settings are gated behind a PIN set by parents, so if a teen needs to change anything, they would need their parents’ approval. Guardians can also turn these controls off completely.
Besides these settings, parents can also set content settings for Meta AI....
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