Discord has rolled out updates to its Family Center to give parents more insight into their teens’ usage patterns, including purchases, key interactions, and time spent. The goal is to help parents monitor whether their teens are spending too much time or money on Discord.
The communications platform first launched Family Center in 2023, with an activity dashboard that shows which servers teens are on, and a weekly email summary for parents about their teens’ activities. The platform is currently expanding these monitoring capabilities.
Parents can now see the total purchases their teen made in the last week, including items from Discord’s Shop and Nitro subscriptions (Discord’s premium membership service).
You can also see the total amount of time you spent on voice and video calls in DMs, groups, and servers over the past week. Additionally, Discord shows you the top five users and servers your teen has interacted with in the past seven days. This comes after social networks Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat placed restrictions on who can contact teenagers.
Discord is also adding new parental controls to the app that only parents can change. You can now control who can DM your teen and whether to filter sensitive content. Parents can also manage data privacy controls for their teens and decide how Discord uses their data, including whether to show them personalized ads.
The company also said that when teens report content on the platform, they now have the option to notify their parents or guardians of their actions. However, Discord did not say what kind of content was reported, instead saying it would encourage teens to discuss the matter directly with their parents.
“With the new feature, parents who have linked their Family Center accounts can take a more active role in creating a safer online space for their teens while respecting their privacy,” Discord said in a blog post.
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