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Surely the teens won’t find a way around this.

January 14, 2021 TikTok has announced changes to its app to better protect underage users, by limiting their public visibility and also giving users more control over who can see and comment on their videos. TikTok’s head of US safety Eric Han, head of privacy in Europe Elaine Fox, and global minor safety policy lead Tracy Elizabeth announced the updates on Wednesday. The short-video app will set the accounts of users aged between 13 and 15 years  to “private” by default, circumscribin...

TikTok users under the age of 16 will automatically have their accounts set to private as one of several new safety updates.

TikTok makes teenagers accounts more private by default ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Wed, Jan 13 2021 16:27 IST | ​ 0 Views TikTok files lawsuit against Trump administrations executive order. Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, Jan 13 : Chinese short-video making app TikTok on Wednesday introduced new privacy controls for teenagers (age 13-15) on its platform, saying their accounts will now be more private by default and strangers cant see or comment on their videos. With a private TikT...

Users aged 13-15 will be prevented from using the Duet and Stitch features as part of the new restrictions.

TikTok announced changes to its platform Wednesday that seek to improve privacy and safety standards for younger users.

USA TODAY TikTok announced Wednesday a new privacy setting that will make all accounts belonging to users ages 13-15 private.  Users of the short-form video app must now approve their followers as part of the new set of restrictions. TikTok is also introducing the option to limit who can comment on videos created by minors. These users can choose between Friends or No One for their account, but the Everyone comment setting will be removed. Other restrictions include removing "Suggest your...