TikTok allows dad and mom to set display screen cut-off dates for teenagers – Firstpost

TikTok on Tuesday stated that oldsters will now have the ability to restrict display screen occasions for teen customers to stop overexposure to the app. The transfer additionally comes at a time when the Chinese language-based video-sharing app has been met with claims that extreme display screen time is damaging adolescents’ psychological well being.

TikTok’s replace follows within the footsteps of competitor Instagram, owned by Fb mum or dad firm Meta, which launched the same characteristic a number of months in the past.

In the meantime, US President Donald Trump has stated that the US is speaking to 4 totally different teams a couple of doable sale of TikTok after the app managed to evade a ban that will have price hundreds of thousands of customers.

TikTok’s destiny has been up within the air since a regulation requiring its proprietor ByteDance to both promote it on nationwide safety grounds or face a ban took impact on January 19. Trump, after taking workplace on January 20, signed an govt order in search of to delay by 75 days the enforcement of the regulation.

How will parental management work?

The characteristic, set for speedy launch within the EU with the US to observe later, permits dad and mom to set cut-off dates or set up time home windows for being on TikTok, the corporate stated in an announcement on its web site.

As soon as activated, teenagers wouldn’t have the ability to get round TikTok’s “Time Away” characteristic with out their dad and mom deactivating it from their very own account.

TikTok’s modifications come as it’s underneath scrutiny throughout the EU and additional afield for its affect on teenagers and for its potential use to intervene in elections.

‘Mediation’ characteristic

The app has additionally introduced that it could launch one other characteristic within the coming weeks that will permit dad and mom to see their children’ following listing in addition to who follows them and who’ve they blocked.

And under-16s will probably be supplied a “Meditation” perform after 10pm suggesting leisure workouts accompanied by calming music – though this characteristic will be switched off by the teenager.

With inputs from AFP