BOCA RATON, Fla., Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Grom Social
Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: GROM), a social media platform and
original content provider of entertainment for kids, today
announced that Grom Social, an app designed exclusively for kids
under 13, has added several new in-app safety features that give
parents of Grom's users complete control over their kids' personal
identifiable information (PII) and greater ability to monitor their
child's activity while posting, sharing and chatting with other
kids on the app. The controls, previously only available in the
company's parental companion app, debuted today and were announced
by Darren Marks, Grom's Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer.
"Grom Social was created to ensure that kids can enjoy the fun of
social media in a safe, monitored, protected environment" -
Darren Marks, Chairman, Grom Social
Enterprises, Inc.
A pioneer in kids' social media, Grom debuted in 2012 as a
website and is the first and only company to create a platform for
kids-by-kids that is COPPA compliant, offers live 24/7 monitoring
and requires parental approval to join. The safety features now
offered in-app include settings to control PII on each child as
well as visibility controls that allow parents or guardians to
monitor their kids' video posts, friend requests, chats and
comments. Additionally, Grom provides an added layer of protection
by requiring a one-time .99 cent fee,
paid via credit card by a parent to verify their
identity.
"The digital universe was not built with kids in mind so Grom
Social was created to ensure that kids can enjoy the fun of social
media in a safe, monitored and protected environment that invites
parents to play an active role in their child's experience,"
explains Marks. "By bringing even more controls into the app
itself, parents can access their child's settings and gain even
greater control in keeping kids safe online while raising good
digital citizens."
Grom Social offers kids under 13 all the popular social media
features typically found in social apps for older kids and
grown-ups -- including recording and sharing videos, live
commenting, hashtags, streaming video content, direct messaging,
music and hundreds of hours of exclusive Grom TV content. The
brainchild of Zach Marks, (now 21),
Grom was created when Zach was 11 and his parents denied his pleas
to have a social account, which routinely requires users to be at
least 13 years old. With parental encouragement and family
teamwork, the Marks Family created Grom – which debuted as an app
in 2016 – to give kids a social networking experience all their
own...while protecting them from the dangers typically associated
with the internet.
About Grom Social Enterprises, Inc.
Grom Social
Enterprises, Inc. is a growing social media platform and original
content provider of entertainment for children under 13 years of
age, which provides safe and secure digital environments for kids
that can be monitored by their parents or guardians. The Company
has several operating subsidiaries, including Grom Social, which
delivers its content through mobile and desktop environments (web
portal and apps) that entertain children, let them interact with
friends, access relevant news, and play proprietary games while
teaching them about being good digital citizens. The Company owns
and operates Top Draw Animation, which produces award-winning
animation content for some of the largest international media
companies in the world. Grom also includes Grom Educational
Services, which has provided web filtering services for K-12
schools, government and private businesses. For more information,
please visit gromsocial.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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statements, which may constitute "forward-looking statements."
Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief,
or current expectations of Grom and members of its management team
as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based. Such
forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance
and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may
differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking
statements. Important factors currently known to management that
may cause actual results to differ from those anticipated are
discussed throughout the Company's reports filed with Securities
and Exchange Commission which are available at www.sec.gov as well
as the Company's website at www.gromsocial.com. The Company
undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking
statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of
unanticipated events, or changes to future operating results.
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