Schedule to block access in a given period, understand who is being blocked and “shut down at night”.
O Tiktok announced a update e New tools That make parents’ supervision more “simpler” on the platform, including a new meditation functionality, the spokesman told Lusa.
Among the changes presented this Tuesday there are “some updates that we hope they will become simpler the supervision that families and parents have at Tiktok in relation to their children”, He said in an interview with Lusa, the head of government relations to southern Europe (head of governance relationships).
In particular, “what we are advertising” is the updating of “Our tool of family pairing, which is a tool that has been developed for five years ”and allowed parents to have greater control and understanding of their children’s experience at Tiktok, continued Enrico Bellini.
Now, with this announcement and update on the social network of short videos, Tiktok gives special focus to three areas, which will be available “globally”, which includes Europe and, of course, Portugal.
The first “is that we are making a lot Easier for parents And for those who have responsibility for children and caregivers take time when they can because they don’t want their teenagers to use Tiktok, ”he said.
I.e, Schedule a time on the day and, during this time, children and adolescents “will not be able to use” Tiktok ”referred to the spokesman.
This functionality of family pairing, which allows the guardians of education block Teenagers’ access to Tiktok at times they define themselves, it’s called Time Away.
There is also the “possibility of giving a little more time, but this will be under the control of parents,” added Enrico Bellini.
The second major change is that “we will make it much easier for parents Understand who your teenage children are blockingAnd what accounts are related and who follows and who are the followers, to realize what they do online.
Family Paining functionality allows parents/tutors to know who teenagers are following at Tiktok, who follows them and the bills that the teenagers have blocked.
“With greater visibility of the youth network, those responsible will be better prepared to maintain regular conversations and help their children develop the digital literacy skills needed to browse online experiences,” according to the platform.
In addition, in the coming months, when a teenager report a video that consider being in violation of the Tiktok rules, you can choose alert a fathercaregiver or other adult reliable at the same time, even if they are not using the family pairing tool.
“And finally, we are trying to help” young people “ turn off”With the new functionality of meditation, so that they learn the“ importance of relaxing ”and turning off the platform.
The functionality of meditation In the application is designed to help teenagers decrease their presence at Tiktok after 10 pm.
“If a teenager under 16 is at Tiktok after 10 pm, his feed for you will be interrupted with the new Wind Down functionality. This is a performance on the relaxing music screen to help adolescents relax and be more aware of time, ”says the platform.
These features are applied to young people between 13 and 18 years old.
Tiktok is a growing platform with over 1,000 million people worldwide, 159 million users in the European Union (EU) and 175 in Europe. In Portugal, it has 3.9 million monthly users.
“Our expectation is that we can provide more tools and facilitate parents and caregivers to have a conversation about using our application with their teenagers,” he said.
Since the launch of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics FEED (STEM) “that it is now available in over 100 countries and, every week, millions of teenagers can enjoy,” says the platform.
