Tiktok is one of the most popular social media apps among teens. It offers them unlimited funny videos. But many children and teens who have shared videos of themselves on Tek Tok have been harassed and ridiculed. There are also concerns about videos that depict violent or immoral scenes and anonymous users sending inappropriate messages.
If your teen has an account or uses the Tek Tok app, it is important that you understand all the features and settings offered by Tik-Tok to enhance privacy, protect unwanted followers, and block videos, including inappropriate or violent views. You can apply these settings to your or your child's Tek Tok account, and these settings and features include:
1- Make your account unique in Tek Tok:
The easiest way to maintain your privacy on Tek Tok is to create your own (private) account to control who can see what you share on the app. To do this, follow these steps:
- Access the Tech Tok app on your phone.
- Click the Profile button at the bottom of the app's home screen.
- Click on the triple menu button that appears on the top right.
- Click on Settings and privacy, then click on privacy.
- Activate the (private account) option
After you switch to a private account, it's only available to those who agree to follow your account and watch videos, but followers who followed you before switching accounts can still see any content you share on the account. If this is a problem, you can block any subscribers who don't want to see the videos you share.
2- Get to know everyone who viewed your account with the profile view history feature:
If you have a public account and have a history of more than 16 years, anyone in the art form can access your files and watch the videos in it because you are credited to the account of the person whose entire content can be viewed.
Many users can easily access their accounts, view their content from all over the world and don't want to change their account settings to be private.
If you don't want to make your account private but don't want to see what specific people are sharing, you can use profile view history to see who has viewed your account in the last 30 days and if you can find anyone who hasn't. He no longer wants to access the account he can block it without changing the account settings to make it unique.
Follow these steps to enable this feature:
- Open the Tech Tok app, go to your account, and click on the three lines button on the top right.
- Click on Settings and privacy, then click on privacy.
- Click (View Profile) and then select (View Profile History).
- You can then see everyone who has viewed your account in the last 30 days.
3- Prevent users from downloading shared videos:
Anyone who watches the video you share on Tek Tok can download it using the video download feature of the app. And if you don't want to allow your videos to be downloaded, you can disable the automatic activation of the feature in the app by following these steps:
- Go to the Tech Tok app and tap on the profile button that appears at the bottom of the app's home screen.
- Click on the triple menu button that appears on the top right.
- Click on Settings and privacy, then click on privacy.
- In the Interaction section, click (download).
- Disable option video download.
Users can also use other methods to download the videos they share such as b: Using the built-in screen recording feature in some mobile phones or downloading apps from third parties, especially Tek Tok video downloader apps, but this setting prevents one of the easiest and most popular ways to download videos TechTalk.
4- Prevent TikTok from recommending others to follow your account:
TikTok recommends that you follow your account in several groups including: contacts stored on your phone, your Facebook friends, etc. However, you can prevent TikTok from recommending your account to others, which makes it more difficult to find your account. To do this, follow these steps:
- Access your TikTok account by clicking on the (Profile) button that appears at the bottom right of the main screen of the application.
- Click the three-line menu button in the upper-right corner.
- Click on “Settings and Privacy” and then on “Privacy”.
- Click on the option to recommend your account to others and deselect any options that appear on the screen.
5- Decide who can tag your TikTok account:
Anyone who knows your TikTok username can tag you in videos posted on the app or tag you in comments. If someone mentions your account as harassing in a video or in some comments that you don't want to see, you can change your privacy settings to prevent someone from reporting your account by following these steps:
- Access your TikTok account by clicking on the (Profile) button that appears at the bottom right of the main screen of the application.
- Click the three-line menu button in the upper-right corner.
- Click on “Settings and Privacy” and then on “Privacy”.
- Click on the Flags and Tags option and choose the most suitable from the following settings:
- Who can tag you: Choose from Everyone, Who You Follow, Who Follows You, or Nobody.
- Who can remind you: Choose from Everyone, People You Follow, People Who Follow You, or Nobody.
6- Stop direct messages from people you do not know:
Many people use direct messages on TikTok to harass others and send spam. However, you can prevent this from happening in your account by changing your privacy settings by following these steps:
- Access your TikTok account by clicking on the (Profile) button that appears at the bottom right of the main screen of the application.
- Click the three-line menu button in the upper-right corner.
- Click on “Settings and Privacy” and then on “Privacy”.
- Click Direct Message Options and adjust the following settings:
- Who can send you a direct message: choose who follows you, who you message, or no one.
- Message settings: In this section you will find the (filtered queries) option that you can enable so that spam messages from people you suspect are on TikTok appear in the filtered queries section and not in the main inbox.
