Discord is enhancing its Family Center features to provide parents with greater insights into how their teenagers are using the platform

Discord is enhancing its Family Center by incorporating additional tools and features.

Initially launched in 2023, the Family Center was developed to assist parents and guardians in gaining insights into their teen's activities on Discord, encouraging active participation in their online interactions.

Recently, Discord revealed plans to expand its original vision, equipping guardians with the means to comprehend teen usage of Discord and promote discussions between teens and guardians regarding their online habits.

The latest enhancements allow parents and guardians to adjust settings to manage sensitive content. They can choose to blur, block, or allow content, manage friend requests and server DMs by defining who among users, server members, or connections can send them, and utilize a comprehensive range of data privacy settings.

Features include viewing purchases from the last seven days, tallying voice minutes over the past week, and a ranked list of their most frequently contacted users and servers.

Updates also enable teens to notify their guardians when submitting a request, ensuring they are thoroughly aware of the information accessible to their guardians and the activated settings, maintaining transparency.

However, parents and guardians won't be able to access the actual content of messages sent by minors.

"Guardians shouldn’t need to be experts in Discord to support their teen," the company stated. "Starting today, we are rolling out enhancements over the next week. These updates are designed to keep guardians informed and actively involved in their teens' online experiences while ensuring teens have a say in shaping their digital world. Built with principles of teen safety in mind, these updates are guided by research and teen feedback."

In the previous month, Discord confirmed a data breach impacting 70,000 users managed by a third-party customer service provider, with some incidents involving government IDs.