March 3rd 2023.
TikTok proclaimed on Wednesday that it is in the process of creating a feature that would enable parents to stop their minors from seeing material that includes certain words or hashtags on the quick-form video app, as the beleaguered firm seeks to strengthen its public reputation.
The Chinese tech firm ByteDance's owned TikTok is again being intensely reviewed across the world for its relation to the Chinese government and safeguarding of user data.
The app, which is hugely popular among younger users, has been blocked from governmental phones in the U.S., Canada and other nations due to security worries.
Similar to other social media apps, TikTok has been censured for not doing enough to protect teenagers from unsuitable content.
Creating the parental control feature is in its initial stages, and the app will confer with parenting, youth and civil society organizations to design the tool, TikTok mentioned
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It also declared fresh features to aid users limit the time they spend on the app. Accounts of users below 18 will have a time limit of one hour daily by default, and adolescents will have to enter a passcode to persist using the app, TikTok stated in a blog post.
If adolescents choose to get rid of the everyday limit and scroll TikTok for more than 100 minutes a day, the app will display a prompt motivating them to set time limits.
Parents will now be able to set custom time limits for their teens' TikTok usage depending on the day of the week, the firm stated
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