TikTok opens feature for parents to remotely block inappropriate accounts for their children

TikTok has just updated a series of new features to help parents monitor their children's account activity status, while also providing flexible customization settings to suit each family's individual needs.

A tool on TikTok allows parents to directly block specific accounts that they deem inappropriate for their children - Photo: TikTok

Social network TikTok has just announced updates to new safety and mental health features for teens and families when using the platform, which are considered a series of useful features in the Family Pairing toolkit.

According to TikTok representatives, this toolkit helps parents and guardians customize their children's experience on the platform in a flexible and appropriate way.

This is an important first step to promoting healthy conversations between parents and children about how to interact and connect safely digitally.

In its latest update, TikTok introduced a series of upgraded features in "Smart Family" to help parents better understand their children's account activity.

Notably, in this update, TikTok has upgraded the tool that displays the list of accounts that teenagers have blocked. Now, this tool allows parents to directly block specific accounts that they deem inappropriate for their children.

When an account is blocked, that user will not be able to interact with the teen and content from that account will not appear in their feed. Teens can still request to have it unblocked, but the final decision will be made by the parent.

TikTok is in the testing phase of a feature that sends notifications to parents when their children post videos , photos or stories in public mode - Photo: TikTok

One of the features currently in beta is a notification that notifies parents when their teen posts a public video, photo, or story. It allows parents and teens to have an open dialogue about what content to share publicly, without stifle their creativity or independence.

The platform has also added a feature that allows parents to see the privacy choices their 16- and 17-year-olds are making, such as allowing others to download videos or using Duet and Stitch. For users aged 13-15, these options are disabled by default and cannot be changed.

TikTok has launched the Manage Topics feature that allows users to adjust the frequency of displaying content in more than 10 popular topic groups - Photo: TikTok

The Manage Topics feature was also introduced for the first time, allowing users to adjust the frequency of displaying content in more than 10 popular topic groups - from art, travel, nature to sports .

With this feature, the platform allows parents to see the topics their teen (13-19 years old) children have chosen to shape their feed.

TikTok representatives said the platform has heard from teens that they want adults to take an interest in their digital lives and recognize how important it is to them.

With better visibility into content preferences, families can connect over topics they care about on TikTok, as well as the content and creators that excite and inspire the whole family.

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