Snapchat to limit friend suggestions for teenagers to prevent contact with strangers

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The platform wants teens to add friends they know in real life.

). Kids aged 13 to 17 years old will now only receive suggestions that have “a certain number of friends in common with that person” through Snapchat’s friend suggestion feature, called Quick Add.

It’s unclear just how many mutual friends a user will need to have in common with a teen in order to appear on their Quick Add list, but Snapchat says it will help ensure users actually know each other in real life. The platform also plans on adding new parental control tools, which , offering “parents more insight into who their teens are talking to” while still letting teens have a sense of privacy.These changes come as Snapchat works towards preventing users from exploiting the platform for drug dealing

that’s affecting both adults and young people. Snapchat reports it’s getting better at tracking down drug-related content and has increased its proactive detection rate by 50 percent since October.

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