Parents will be able to block Meta bots from talking to their children under new safeguards

Meta is adding new safeguards to its accounts for under-18 users by letting parents turn off their children's chats with AI characters. Meta is adding new safeguards to its accounts for under-18 users by letting parents turn off their children's chats with AI characters. Sat 18 Oct 2025 05.14 EDTLast modified on Sat 18 Oct 2025 05.34 EDT Parents will be able to block their children's interactions with Meta's AI character chatbots, as the tech company addresses concerns over inappropriate conversations. The social media company is adding new safeguards to its "teen accounts", which are a default setting for under-18 users, by letting parents turn off their children's chats with AI characters. These chatbots, which are created by users, are available on Facebook, Instagram and the Meta AI app.