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Snapchatannouncedon Wednesday that it ’s releasing novel resources for educators to help them create secure environments in their schools by good understanding how their students utilize the app . The company debuted a new internet site dedicated to helping educators familiarize themselves with the app , along with a resource written document to help them protect students .
The declaration comes aslawmakers have grill Snapchat , and other social internet , for not doing enough to protect child and teens on their platform . It also comes as mental health expertshave warnedthat social media may pose a “ unsounded endangerment ” to teen mental health .
Snapchat say more than 20 million teens in the U.S. use its app , and a2023 Pew studyfound that Snapchat is the third - most - used app among teens . While Snapchat has released a fistful of features over the preceding few years to protect stripling on its app , Wednesday ’s declaration is dedicated to fetch these efforts into the schoolroom .
The internet site , which is call the “ Educator ’s Guide to Snapchat , ” includes data about how the app works , along with an overview of Snapchat ’s safety tools . The website include downloadable resources that educators can share with parents or counselors to help scholar distribute with issues they may confront online , such as bullying or sextortion .
To help educators support the well - being of their students , Snapchat has released aresource documentthat pore on providing educators with the knowledge they necessitate to do so . The text file outlines tips on promoting good practice online , creating schooltime policies for societal media usage , battle sextortion and more .
In add-on , Snapchat is launching a fresh feedback form for pedagog to apportion how Snapchat is being used in their school day and to give feedback forthwith to the social net .
