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YouTube rolls out supervised children’s accounts to MENA and Turkiye amid mounting regulatory pressure

YouTube rolls out supervised children’s accounts to MENA and Turkiye amid mounting regulatory pressure

Alphabet-owned YouTube unveiled a package of parental controls, including three content tiers and a new Shorts feed timer
Goal is to protect young people “in, not from, the digital world,” but process requires shared effort, YouTube’s public health lead said during a briefing attended by Arab News

By GABRIELE MALVISI · 02 July 2026

TikTok announces new safety measures

TikTok announces new safety measures

By Arab News · 02 May 2024

Snapchat adds new parental-control tools, including option to restrict interaction with AI chatbot

Snapchat adds new parental-control tools, including option to restrict interaction with AI chatbot

By Arab News · 15 January 2024

TikTok rolls out new account enforcement system to address repeated policy violations

TikTok rolls out new account enforcement system to address repeated policy violations

By Arab News · 03 February 2023

Twitter rolls out new feature to protect fact-checking tool participants

Twitter rolls out new feature to protect fact-checking tool participants

By Arab News · 23 November 2021

TikTok takes steps to make platform safer for teens

TikTok takes steps to make platform safer for teens

By Arab News · 19 November 2021

The proactive approach to content comes after Amazon kicked social media app Parler off its cloud service shortly after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot for permitting content promoting violence. (File/AFP)

Amazon to proactively remove more content that violates rules from cloud service

By Reuters · 03 September 2021

Safety Mode can be turned on under settings and will be available to a small feedback group on iOS, Android and Twitter.com. (File/AFP)

Twitter launches “safety mode” to block accounts for harmful language

By Reuters · 01 September 2021

Instagram is aware some users might enter a false birth date and said it was developing new technology to address such issues. (File/AFP)

Instagram to require users to share their birthday amid youth safety push

By Reuters · 31 August 2021

New Instagram users aged under 16 – 18 in some countries – will have a private account by default, which means their content will not show up in public areas. (Supplied)

Instagram launches new features for teen online safety

By Arab News · 29 July 2021

The #SaferArabicInternet campaign will look to turn the tide on the growing number of online fake news and conspiracy theory outlets in the region. (AFP/File Photo)

Google urging Arab web users to stay safe online

By TAREK ALI AHMAD · 08 February 2021

Facebook forges ahead with kids app despite expert criticism

Facebook forges ahead with kids app despite expert criticism

By AP · 16 February 2018

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