World’s most popular social-networking platform Facebook has introduced new safety tools that aim at keeping children safe from online bullying.
Young users of Facebook can now ask for two passwords to make it harder for others to get into their accounts. In addition, young users will have their session encrypted so that no one else can track their movements online.
The website has also introduced a free guide on social media safety that will help teachers and other elders to guide children on the use of the safe use of the site.
Social reporting tools have also been expanded to allow children to notify a trusted adult in case someone tries to bully tem.
Joe Sullivan, chief privacy officer at Facebook, said the new safety tools would make the site safer for children.
Speaking on the new tools, Sullivan added, “When you report something you don’t have the option to just report it to Facebook. You can report it to a family member or a mentor of some other kind so you can start that conversation.”
New safety tools emerged following Facebook’s last month’s promise to enhance safety tools that it made during an anti-bullying conference at the White House
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