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In partnership with the <\/span>Trust, Transparency & Control Labs<\/span><\/a> (TTC Labs) and<\/span> ThinkYoung<\/span><\/a>, we\u2019re <\/span>opening applications for the <\/span>EU Youth Design Jam<\/span><\/a>, a pan-European co-design challenge inviting young people <\/span>aged 16-18 <\/span>to collaborate in our design process and provide feedback about their experiences online.<\/span><\/p>\n On April 27 in Brussels, participating teams from four EU Member States \u2014 Belgium, Spain, Czech Republic and Sweden \u2014 will come together with EU policymakers, Meta and other social media companies to share the joys and challenges they face in the digital world, along with their ideas for safe, positive and age-appropriate online experiences for their generation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Meta already drives industry-leading participation of teens, guardians and experts in the co-design of age-appropriate experiences globally through TTC Labs. <\/span>We\u2019ve built on TTC Labs\u2019 multi-year effort to co-design with young people to improve safety and privacy across our technologies. We support the EU proposal for an EU Code of conduct on age-appropriate design and share the EU\u2019s objectives to involve young people in shaping EU digital policies that affect their online lives. Launching the <\/span>EU Youth Design Jam<\/span><\/a> is one of many ways we\u2019re working with young people to provide better technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n We want young people to build online relationships in a safe environment.\u00a0 That\u2019s why we work closely with experts in mental health, child psychology, digital literacy and more, to build features that help people connect online safely and responsibly. We\u2019ve made strong progress in this space over the past year, including:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We\u2019ve also been using <\/span>age verification technology<\/span><\/a> to help teens have age-appropriate experiences, in partnership with Yoti, privacy-preserving age verification specialists.<\/span><\/p>\n Our <\/span>Family Center<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 has educational resources from leading youth and safety, privacy and well-being experts on how to have conversations with your teens about healthy and safe online habits.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n We\u2019ve also developed<\/span> parental controls<\/span><\/a> that help parents and teens navigate their time online together. They\u2019re designed to strike the right balance between giving parents oversight, while preserving teens\u2019 privacy and autonomy. These tools allow parents and guardians to:<\/span><\/p>\n Our vision for Family Center is to eventually allow parents and guardians to help their teens manage experiences across Meta technologies, all from one central place. <\/span>Read more on our <\/span>Instagram Parents Guide<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nHelping Teens Focus and Set Boundaries<\/h2>\n
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