YouTube has launched the Family Center hub, a feature designed to offer parents greater oversight of their teen’s activity. This move comes in response to growing concerns about the safety of young creators online.
This feature enables parents and guardians to link their accounts with their teens’ accounts, fostering a more secure and monitored environment for young users.
The Family Center hub allows parents to receive notifications whenever their teens begin a live stream or upload new content. Additionally, parents can access detailed information about their teen’s activity, including the total number of uploads, comments received, and the channels they subscribe to.
This move by YouTube aligns with growing concerns about young users’ digital safety and well-being. Over recent years, the platform has introduced several protective measures to combat the promotion of harmful content, such as eating disorders and self-harm. It has implemented stricter privacy protocols for younger audiences.
One of its recent efforts also includes limiting the recommendation of videos that could have a detrimental effect if consumed repetitively — especially for impressionable teens.
As reported by Android Authority, YouTube’s youth-focused initiatives, including YouTube Kids and supervised experiences for pre-teens, already attract more than 100 million active viewers monthly.
These steps by YouTube seem ironic, given recent reports of Google and Meta’s secret deal targeting teenagers on YouTube.
Recently, YouTube launched an AI assistant to recover hacked accounts. In April, reports emerged that some hacked YouTube accounts were spreading info stealers.
In the same month, it was reported that threat actors were using YouTube as a vector to distribute malware targeting individuals seeking pirated software copies.
With the increase in AI technology, YouTube has become a platform for celebrity deepfakes promoting fraudulent Medicare schemes. In January, threat actors were creating YouTube channels for disseminating Lumma Stealer.
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