Meta is adding parental supervision tools to Threads, the company announced Tuesday. With the new tools, parents and guardians will be able to view the time their teens spend in Threads, set daily time limits, adjust sleep mode, and manage their privacy settings through Family Center, Meta’s hub for parental controls across all of its apps.

The launch follows growing pressure on Meta from regulators and lawmakers to better protect young users online. The company has spent the last few years expanding parental controls on its apps in response to concerns about excessive screen time, harmful content, and teen safety, and is now adding similar controls to Threads. It’s also worth noting that Meta, along with other social media giants, is currently facing numerous lawsuits related to child safety.

Given these factors, it’s no surprise that Meta is finally introducing parental monitoring tools to Threads, a platform with 500 million monthly users. The launch comes three years after Threads launched in July 2023.

Parents and guardians will now be able to see how much time their teen spent on the platform each day over the past week, including the average daily time spent over the week. They will also be able to set a daily time limit and block access during selected days and hours. If a teen uses Threads on multiple devices, such as their phone and laptop, the time limit will apply to the total time spent using Threads.

Additionally, parents can limit or block their teens’ access to Threads at night, with muted notifications and auto-replies already turned on by default for all teens from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Parents also have the option to control who can tag their teens in posts on the platform.

Meta notes that teens on Threads already have built-in protections, such as private accounts and limits on the content they view. However, parents can now decide whether teens under 16 can change any of these automatic settings to be less strict, the company says.

Parental supervision controls will roll out next week in the US. Meta plans to bring parental supervision to Threads globally by the end of the year, a spokesperson told TechCrunch.