Snapchat: Snap Map and Location Sharing

What Changed

Snapchat's Snap Map can share a user's live location with their Snapchat friends. Location sharing on the map is optional: a user who has not enabled it stays in 'Ghost Mode', which hides their location, and location can only be shared with people they are friends with on the app, not with the general public. Because location goes to the whole friends list once sharing is on, who is on that list matters a great deal. Snapchat's Family Centre lets a parent see who their teen has been messaging — but not the content of messages — and both parent and teen must opt in.

What to Review

• •Open Snap Map on your child's device and check together whether Ghost Mode is on.
• •Review their friends list — location and Snaps go to everyone on it — and set up Family Centre if you want visibility of who they are talking to.

Parent Actions