# WhatsApp expands parental controls to teen accounts - 9to5Mac

> After introducing parent-managed accounts for pre-teens earlier this year, WhatsApp today expanded its parental controls to teen accounts, adding group activity alerts and additional restrictions for Meta AI.

- **Source:** [9to5Mac](https://9to5mac.com/2026/09/30/whatsapp-expands-parental-controls-to-teen-accounts-with-group-alerts-meta-ai-restrictions/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6abdd014137da6d9e407d87d)
- **Published:** 2026-10-01
- **Category:** Phones
- **Tags:** #ai #ios
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