Facebook Messenger is one of the most used social networks on the whole planet, with over 1.5 billion active users, it has only WhatsApp in front of it. The large number of users of Facebook Messenger also brings a great responsibility for the company, and this now also brings us a very important function that could help a lot of people to be safe when using the messaging platform from mobile phones.
Facebook Messenger has implemented a special function for children that automatically helps them avoid contact with certain adults, with bad intentions, who follow minors on the platform. Facebook Messenger uses artificial intelligence to monitor accounts that often come into contact with various children on the platform, and blocks them automatically so that minors are not affected by any interaction with any person who wants to harm them.
Facebook Messenger: New IMPORTANT Function Launched on Phones
Facebook Messenger it will also display an alert message, like the one above, telling children to be careful with the people they interact with because they might not be the ones they believe. There are many fake accounts of sexual predators who use Facebook Messenger to trick children into sending them intimate pictures, and Facebook wants to eradicate this phenomenon from its social network as quickly as possible to keep children safe.
"These features show a great integration of technical tools that will help reduce bad behavior on the platform while also reminding people of their own control over their account," said Stephen Balkam, CEO of the Family Online Institute. “It's important to use language that allows people to make wise decisions and think more critically about who they interact with online. We are particularly pleased that this is reflected in the thoughtful approach around safety considerations for younger users.”
Facebook Messenger has this feature launched together with one from last week, which we talked about, it also aims to notify people about the imposters on the platform. Then it was about accounts cloned after real ones to fool Facebook Messenger users, both functions being extremely good for increasing the level of security within the messaging platform, one that was lacking anyway.
Facebook Messenger has both functions present right now in applications that can be used globally by users who have installed them in their own phones.
