Meta announced on Thursday that parents using its supervision tools can now see the topics their teenagers have discussed with Meta AI in the past week across Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram.
The feature, rolling out in 2026, displays a new “Insights” tab within the supervision hub showing conversation topics ranging from “School,” “Entertainment,” and “Lifestyle” to “Travel,” “Writing,” and “Health and Wellbeing.” Parents can select topics to view subcategories — for example, “Lifestyle” breaks down into fashion, food, and holidays, while “Health and Wellbeing” covers fitness, physical health, and mental health.
The update is now available in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada, and Brazil, with global rollout planned for the coming weeks. Meta first previewed these insights in October when it said it was developing new tools to help parents guide their teens through AI.
The move comes amid mounting legal pressure over child safety. Meta suspended teens’ access to its AI characters globally across all apps in January, just days before a lawsuit in New Mexico was set to go to trial. The company was accused of failing to protect minors on its platforms and ultimately lost the case, marking the first time a court has held Meta legally liable for endangering child safety.
Meta AI characters are interactive AI personas with distinct personalities, designed for users to engage with as if they were real people in specific roles or as recognizable celebrities, such as Snoop Dogg and Paris Hilton. The company said it planned to develop an updated version specifically for teens.
Other tools previewed in October would have allowed parents to block access to specific AI characters or disable them entirely. Meta also announced on Wednesday that it is giving parents suggested conversation starters to help them talk with teens about AI experiences and launching a new AI Wellbeing Expert Council to shape the development of its AI products for teens.
The New Mexico case is one of many lawsuits that Meta and other Big Tech companies are facing over child safety.
Source: TechCrunch