TikTok Brings New Features for Young Users

One of the most criticized platforms for its negative effects on young people. TikTokannounced that it has made new moves in this regard. In the statement it shared today, the platform stated that it brought a series of new features to the application to protect young users.

New features; screen time includes things like the ‘Family Match’ mode, which gives parents more control over how their kids use TikTok.

Screen time will be limited to 60 minutes for users under 18 (it will also be possible to disable the feature)

TikTok automatically provides daily services to every TikTok user under the age of 18. 60 minute screen limit announced that he would. Young people who reach this limit, which will come by default, have a way to continue watching. entering password will need. This new feature is completely can be disabled Let’s add. But the platform says teens will have to set a new limit if they watch over 100 minutes.

On the other hand, the time limit Also for users under the age of 13 It is said to be valid. In this case, parents will be required to enter a password for an additional 30 minutes of viewing time if the screen time limit is reached. Parents will be able to set these passwords themselves.

TikTok says these moves are made to raise awareness about screen time. It is also stated that young people will be sent a notification summarizing their screen time every week. In this way, minor users raising awareness and it is aimed to ensure that they take active decisions in this regard. According to the dev platform, it was also observed that the use of screen management tools increased by 234% during the testing period of the features.

There are innovations that will increase the control of parents for the Family Match mode.

In addition to these, TikTok is a ‘ ‘ ‘ which increases parents’ control over children.Family Matching’ He also stated that he brought innovations for the mode. According to the explanations, parents, for their children custom screen time can set limits.

In addition, the screen time control panel will be added to the mode, which provides a summary of the time spent in the application, how much TikTok has been opened, and the total time spent in the day and night. In addition, parents of young users mute your notifications A setting that it can take will also be added to this mode.

Everyone can set their own screen time limit, set a sleep reminder

Finally, it was stated that everyone will soon be able to set their own screen time limit and time to mute notifications for each day of the week. However, a sleep reminder It has been reported that the feature is also available. Users will be able to set the reminder to a desired time and see when they need to exit the application with an incoming notification.

TikTok stated that new features will come to the application in the coming weeks.