BEIJING: Chinese video-sharing app TikTok has launched a new feature allowing parents to control their children’s accounts.
Through TikTok’s newly launched feature ‘Family Pairing’, parents can remotely set restrictions on kids’ accounts. The feature permits parents to link their own accounts with their children’s accounts.
The new feature will authorize parents to disable direct messages, turn on restricted content mode besides setting screen time limits without accessing the kids’ phone.
Earlier in the year, TikTok rolled out the same features in Europe under the name of ‘Family Safety Mode’. According to the report, parents will still have to get their kids to agree to have their accounts linked under the new system.
To set it up, parents need to scan a QR code inside the digital wellbeing section of their kid’s account.
Kids will be able to disable the feature at any time, though there are some roadblocks: parents will receive a notification, and they will have a chance to re-link the account in case it was disconnected by accident.
TikTok, which has almost 2 billion downloads and more than 800 million users worldwide, is an increasingly popular platform for young people where they can create short videos and share them.
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