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| Tik Tok allows parents to control their children's accounts |
Short video sharing service TikTok has released new updates to improve the security of its apps and give parents more control over teen accounts as social media companies face an increasing demand on their platforms to treat children. More secure.
On Tuesday, the company said: The family messaging feature allows parents to turn off comments completely on videos of their children or just their friends. Parents whose accounts are linked to their children's accounts can also activate private mode in their children's accounts, deactivate the function of searching for content, users, hashtags, or voices, and specify who can view favorite videos. children.
It's interesting to note that Family Balance launched last March. It enables parents to know the time their children spend (TikTok) and limits what they see in the feed.
If the child is over the age of 13, they can register with TikTok and create an account. All you have to do is enter your date of birth. Since TikTok does not require age verification, according to British Ofcom, some children under the age of 13 have found their age through lies.
Alexandra Evans, head of European child safety policy at TikTok, told CNBC: Since its inception, the (family reconciliation) job has been put on hold by parents. "If we treat it as a toolkit, we hope to provide more tools," she said in a video call before the announcement.
Evans said the new "Family Match" feature will be announced globally starting Tuesday, giving kids a "storehouse" to explore TikTok content.
"Today's update is the latest in a series of steps we've taken to give families the tools they need to create the right TikTok experience for them," Evans said. "We know that when people feel safe, they can freely express their creativity," she added. This is why safety is at the center of everything we do. "
Last April, TikTok banned people under the age of 16 from direct messaging on its platform, becoming the first social media company to ban teens worldwide from private messaging.