Snapchat Implements New Restrictions for Users Under 16

Snapchat implements new restrictions for users under 16

Younger teens won’t be able to share Spotlight videos or Stories outside of their mutual friend groups, although the change doesn’t impact Snaps.

New Snapchat safety rules for under-16 users

Younger Snapchatters will see this setting change.

Snapchat makes under-16s' Spotlight videos friends-only

Snapchat is restricting how its youngest users share video. From this week, Snapchatters aged 13 to 15 will get a dedicated profile where their Stories and short-form Spotlight clips are visible only to mutually accepted friends, and will no longer be pushed to the wider public on Spotlight. Until now, under-16s could post to Spotlight, […] This story continues at The Next Web

Snapchat limits users under 16 to sharing Spotlights with friends

Users under 16 years old will get a separate profile to show Stories and Spotlight posts to friends that they follow back.

Snap will no longer allow younger teens' Spotlight videos to be publicly viewable

Maybe it wasn't a great idea to let 14-year-olds post videos to Spotlight in the first place.

Mashable: New safety rules for under-16 Snapchat users

Mashable: New safety rules for under-16 Snapchat users. “Snapchat is rolling out new content-sharing protections for 13- to 15-year-old users. The platform announced Wednesday that younger teens will get a ‘friends-only’ experience for their Spotlight posts. That public feed consists of vertical videos short-form similar to Instagram Reels or TikTok.”