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TikTok is currently testing a setting to ban children from viewing uninteresting content

TikTok has confirmed that it is testing a new setting that will let users restrict live stream viewers to just adults.

TikTok is testing a new setting that lets users restrict their livestreams to viewers who are 18 years of age and above. The company confirmed to TechCrunch that the new setting is currently in limited testing with select users. Screenshots of the new setting shared by product intelligence firm Watchful.ai show that users who have […]

The Coronavirus disease pandemic arouses challenges to individuals’ emotional well-being. With 1582 respondents from the Health and Retirement Survey, this study investigates the heterogeneity in older adults’ vulnerability and examines the relationship between vulnerability types, aging attitudes and emotional responses. I-PANAS-SF and ATOT were used to assess the emotional experiences and aging attitudes, and 14 kinds of pandemic-related deprivations evaluated individuals' vulnerability. Latent class analysis was used to explore the vulnerability types, and weighted linear regression...

Months after TikTok was hauled into its first-ever major congressional hearing over platform safety, the company is today announcing a series of policy updates and plans for new features and technologies aimed at making the video-based social network a safer and more secure environment, particularly for younger users. The changes attempt to address some concerns […]