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| Tik Tok publishes new guidelines for parents to protect children |
TikTok has partnered with the National Association of Parents and Educators to create a new guide for parents with important information on how to protect their children when using the app and what the Young People's Online Protection platform model does. and tools.
This 20-page guide covers all aspects of how the platform works and helps parents better understand the core elements.
This guide explains all the different platform security precautions, including comment filters and account privacy settings.
It also includes an overview of the platform's family matching feature, which allows parents to keep a close eye on their children's behavior on the app, and instructions on standard freebies that aren't available.
The guide also includes a list of privacy and security features that parents may want to develop as precautions. In theory, the platform is technically unsuitable for people under the age of 13.
The company said the full TikTok experience is designed for those 13 and older. In addition to the age limit, the app also gives us a rating of +12 in the App Store. This will allow you to enable device-level restrictions on your child's phone.
The junior version of the platform is available to persons under the age of 13 and includes additional data protection and security measures. But technically, teens shouldn't have access to all of the app's features.
Tik Tok publishes new guidelines for parents to protect children
It is difficult to determine if this prevents young people from getting the full experience as there are ways to get around these limitations.
With the platform's internal data showing that a third of all users in the US are under the age of 14, this remains a huge problem.
This is why it is important for parents to understand the app as much as possible, and as the platform continues to grow in popularity and vitality, more and more young people are drawn to it to see content posted by their parents' favorite creations, one posts and waits
With that in mind, it may be helpful for parents to download the new guide and read the various tips and precautions.
The platform has been censored in various regions due to potential content issues and exposure of young people to potentially harmful content.
The app is currently being investigated by the European Commission due to concerns that young users may be exposed to inappropriate content. Due to related problems, he is also facing court orders in Italy and Pakistan.
These comments can also lead to intimidation, abuse, and chain reactions. Even the most popular users of the platform confirmed this point.
Charlie D'Amelio said earlier this year that she has lost interest in the platform due to persistent negative comments in her clips.