---
title: "Parents and Teens: Filters & Content Creation"
description: "This presentation covers two main themes -- what are parents currently doing to protect their children from unwanted content, and how are adolescent and adult internet users producing and sharing their own content online."
date: "2006-02-17"
authors:
  - name: "Amanda Lenhart"
    job_title: "Former Director of Teens and Technology Research at the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/amanda-lenhart/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2006/02/17/parents-and-teens-filters-content-creation/"
categories:
  - "Online Privacy & Security"
  - "Privacy Rights"
  - "Social Media"
  - "Teens & Tech"
  - "Teens & Youth"
tags:
  - "Teens"
---

# Parents and Teens: Filters & Content Creation

Presented to a working group brainstorming on content ratings solutions for digital content, this presentation addresses two main themes: what are parents currently doing to protect their children from unwanted content, and how are adolescent and adult user producing their own content and placing it on the web?