TikTok expands features to give parents more control of their teenagers' accounts

Parents will be able to decide what content, users, hashtags, or sounds their children can search for on the platform


Reuters November 18, 2020
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Video-sharing app TikTok said on Tuesday it is giving parents more control options, including the ability to monitor what their teenagers can view on the platform.

Owned by Chinese company ByteDance, Tiktok said parents will now be able to decide what content, users, hashtags, or sounds their children can search for as well as decide if the account should be public or remain private.

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The company is expanding on the 'Family Pairing' feature it introduced earlier this year, allowing parents to link their TikTok account to that of their teenage child.

TikTok has also announced a new ‘Learn’ feature. As learning shifts online, there is a growing interest in the content that makes learning more enjoyable.

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After forming a $50 million Creative Learning Fund, to support their community during the pandemic, the short-video app has partnered with over 800 public figures, media publishers, educational institutions, and real-world professional experts to bring learning material to the app.

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