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Snapchat: Snapchat announces features aimed to save teens from harassment, drugs - Rashtra News : Rashtra News #snapchat #Snapchat #announces #features #aimed #save #teens #harassment #drugs #Times #India Instant messaging platform Snapchat has announced two new features aimed at the security of teens using the platform. The features, the company claims, will help protect them […]

Snapchat is limiting the friend suggestions that teens aged 13 to 17 see in the app. Teenagers will now only see suggested users that have a certain number of mutual friends, ensuring they know them in real life.

Snapchat has announced changes to its Quick Add feature that will limit minors profiles from being shown to adults unless they have a certain amount of friends in common with them. The move is designed to prevent drug dealers from contacting minors on the app. The service also detailed other changes and steps it has taken to combat the spread of drugs using the app, adding that more parental controls would be announced in the coming months.

Snapchat Quick Add receives a new safeguard feature as part of the app's anti-drug effort. Here are other enhancements that the application will be receiving.

Snapchat has faced increasing criticism in recent years as the opioid crisis plays out on social media, often with tragic results. In October, an NBC investigation reported the stories of a number of young people aged 13 to 23 who died after purchasing fentanyl-laced pills on Snapchat. That month, Snapchat parent company Snap committed to […]