The Chinese video platform TikTok, criticized for its “addictive” power among young people, will implement a system of systematic notifications after 60 minutes of connection for all users who have declared that they are under 18 years old.
The minor will have to Enter a password to continue watching the videos, TikTok announced in a statement.
If there is a family connection of accounts, parents will be able to “define a daily viewing time your kid’s high,” based on days of the week, TikTok added.
But, as in other Internet pages, young people can lie about your age or turn this option off.
This new feature, which adds to the already existing warnings, seeks to reassure those who criticize the time spent by minors between the ages of 4 and 18 watching the videos parade, proposed by the algorithms that analyze their tastes.
According to a worldwide study by Qustodio, in 2022 minors spent an average of € one hour and forty-seven minutes updated on TikTok.
The platform is also criticized by several countries, who suspect it transfer your data to China. This has caused governments and institutions to ban this application on their mobile devices.
The Chinese version of TikTok, called Douyinis restricted for children under 14 a 40 minutes a dayand cannot enter between 10 and 6 in the morning.AFP
Source: Clarin
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