New customizable features arrive on Tiktokwhich continues to work to protect the safety of younger users. The strengthening of the Family connectionwhich supports parents in creating a safe environment for their children. The novelties were developed following the indications of the experts, in order to offer mothers and dads greater check To ensure that digital habits are balanced and far from the dangers that the network presents.
One of the main features concerns the break from screen: In this way, parents will be able to set custom restrictions to prevent TikTok access in certain time slots. Maybe choosing the ideal time for a break, for example on the occasion of the time spent in the family or school. Another important point is that of visibility on the social network: they will be able to see who their children follow on the application, who has reciprocated the follow And which accounts instead blocked. Thus it will be possible to promote a more conscious dialogue.
More information on the contents will also be guaranteed: when a teenager reports a video deemed inappropriatea parent, guardian or other adult of trust can also be notified even outside the family connection. In all this, the “time to rest” function should not be overlooked: if a young man between 13 and 15 years old is navigating on Tiktok after 10 pm, his feed “for you” will undergo a change. In essence, it will be a full screen reminder with music Relaxing, a way designed to encourage relaxation and become aware of the time.
“Today we record a change of pace towards the protection of minors by a platform that has long taken a path of attention and support to children and families“, he commented Ivano ZoppiSecretary General of the Carolina Foundation, who supports Italian educators and families to accompany teenagers on their online path. Obviously the threats that browsing the web will not be zero, but at least there are significant novelty.
That’s why Zoppi – recognizing Tiktok that he had taken the path of the transparency and dialogue on the territories – hopes that the commitment can become viral, “stimulating all interested parties to get involved for the most important challenge of the next few years, because the well -being of the new generations passes
necessarily from the quality of their life online“. In the meantime, contacts with online platforms, regulatory authorities and legislators on approaches in the field of age verification continue.