Less than a few hours after Snapchat rolled out its My AI chatbot to all users last week, Lyndsi Lee, a mother from East Prairie, Missouri, told her 13-year-old daughter to stay away from the feature.

Snapchat will now give parents the option to block their teens from interacting with the app’s myAI chatbot following some questions about the tool’s safety for young people.

Snapchat announced Monday that it would turn off the feature by default. Subscribers to the platform's $4-a-month service tier will be able to turn the feature back on.

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When Lexi Eddy sent Snapchats to her friends on March 10, they noticed something was off. The 18-year-old’s face was drooping on one side, and she couldn’t move her left side.