TikTok introduces time limits for users under 18 (CNN)
Video-sharing app TikTok announced on Monday that it will limit its users under the age of 18 to a maximum of one hour per day by default. Time limits will be introduced over the next few weeks, and users can change the default settings. However, by requiring users to take action themselves to lift the time limit, we hope to strengthen measures to protect the health of minors. By default, after the 60-minute time limit has passed, you will be asked to enter a passcode, and you will need to actively decide whether to extend the usage time.
In recent years, social media such as TikTok have come under fire for their potential harmful effects on young people. TikTok has also come under pressure from the U.S. government over its ties to China through parent company ByteDance, which has led to discussions about its ban in the United States. TikTok said it consulted experts at Boston Children's Hospital's Digital Wellness Institute about the move.
If a teen user turns off the default limit and spends more than 100 minutes on TikTok in a day, they will be prompted to set their own daily time limit. "In our first month of testing, this approach increased usage of the time tracking tool by 234%," the company explains. In addition, we announced an update to the family pairing function that allows parents to manage their TikTok accounts by linking them with their children's accounts. You can specify words and hashtags to select videos that you do not want to display on your child's screen, set the time of use per day, and specify the time period to turn off the notification sound of TikTok. Similar parental control functions have also been launched by major SNS such as Instagram and Snapchat.
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