TikTok Pledges to Protect Young Users with New Screen Time Restrictions.
This move is seen as a step towards protecting young users and promoting responsible use of the platform.
TikTok is set to introduce automatic daily screen time limits of one hour for accounts belonging to under-18s, as the social media platform faces criticism over its addictiveness among young users.
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TikTok, the popular social media platform known for its short –form videos has faced increasing scrutiny over its impact on young users.
The company has announced new measures to address these issues by introducing automatic dairy screen time limits of one hour for accounts belonging to under-18s.
This move is seen as a step towards protecting young users and promoting responsible use of the platform.
If a young person’s access to TikTok is via a family pairing account, parents can set a maximum screen time for their child based on the day of the week, TikTok added.
TikTok site owned by Chinese company ByteDance has faced criticism over the soaring amount of time children aged between four and 18.
It should be noted that Canada and White House gave US federal agencies 30 days to remove TikTok from government-issued
The Chinese version of TikTok, Douyin, is restricted to 40 minutes of daily use for under-14s and is inaccessible for them between 10:00 pm and 6:00 am.
According to a recent study by parental control app Qustodio, minors spent on average one hour and 47 minutes on TikTok per day in 2022.
European Union’s institutions also recently ordered their staff to purge the app from their devices.
The short-form video-sharing app said the changes would be implemented soon. In this article, we will explore the background of this decision, the potential impact on users and the broader conversation around social media and its effects to young people.
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