Snapchat releases new teen security assets for educators | TechCrunch

Snapchat announced on Wednesday that it’s releasing new assets for educators to assist them create protected environments of their faculties by higher understanding how their college students use the app. The corporate debuted a brand new web site devoted to serving to educators familiarize themselves with the app, together with a useful resource doc to assist them defend college students.

The announcement comes as lawmakers have grilled Snapchat, and different social networks, for not doing sufficient to guard kids and youths on their platforms. It additionally comes as psychological well being specialists have warned that social media could pose a “profound danger” to teen psychological well being.

Snapchat says greater than 20 million teenagers within the U.S. use its app, and a 2023 Pew study discovered that Snapchat is the third most used app amongst teenagers. Whereas Snapchat has launched a handful of options over the previous few years to guard teenagers on its app, Wednesday’s announcement is devoted to bringing these efforts into the classroom.

The web site, which known as the “Educator’s Information to Snapchat,” consists of details about how the app works, together with an summary of Snapchat’s security instruments. The web site consists of downloadable assets that educators can share with dad and mom or counselors to assist college students take care of points they might face on-line, equivalent to bullying or sextortion.

To assist educators assist the well-being of their college students, Snapchat has launched a resource document that focuses on offering educators with the information they want to take action. The doc outlines tips about selling protected practices on-line, creating college insurance policies for social media utilization, combatting sextortion, and extra.

As well as, Snapchat is launching a brand new suggestions kind for educators to share how Snapchat is getting used of their faculties and to present suggestions on to the social community.