TikTok adds privacy updates for teens, including limits on notifications

TikTok is rolling retired updates aimed astatine its teen users, including options specified arsenic choosing who tin presumption videos and limits connected erstwhile younger users get notifications.

In a blog station Thursday, TikTok elaborate respective features the societal level aimed astatine users ages 13 to 17.

They see default settings for nonstop messages, truthful nary 1 tin nonstop private messages unless sharing options are updated.

The updates diagnostic prompts that popular up erstwhile younger users are astir to stock a video, asking whom they privation to let to presumption it arsenic good arsenic whether they privation different radical to download their post.

TikTok is mounting limits connected erstwhile teen users get notifications, arsenic well. Accounts from users ages 13-15 volition not spot propulsion notifications aft 9 p.m., and users ages 16-17 won't spot notifications aft 10 p.m.

"These changes proceed to physique connected our ongoing commitments arsenic there's nary decorativeness enactment erstwhile it comes to protecting the safety, privacy, and well-being of our community," Alexandra Evans, TikTok's caput of kid information public policy, and Aruna Sharma, planetary caput of privacy, said successful a associated statement.

TikTok, which gained popularity among younger smartphone owners, has surged successful popularity. Research steadfast App Annie recovered TikTok was the astir downloaded app of 2020 some successful the U.S. and worldwide.

Last month, Instagram rolled retired updates to supply much privateness to teens, including defaulting accounts for those 16 and nether to backstage and making it tougher for perchance suspicious accounts to find teen users.

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