TikTok introduces new feature in Family Pairing to safer digital experience

• TikTok has rolled out three new features in the Family Pairing.
• The parents can decide to mute notifications for their teen by setting up a schedule.
• The parents will also find a breakdown of the total time spent during the day and night.

KARACHI: TikTok is continuing to expand new features for the families and teens as part of the Family Pairing control, a statement said.

With the help of new updates, the platform is helping teenagers to manage their screen time. The addition to parental controls is part of TikTok’s efforts for a positive digital experience, it added.

The new customised options will also help the users express themselves in a constructive manner, along with connecting with each other and discovering new ideas.

TikTok with the aim of enhancing the users’ experience is encouraging them to control their screen time. By following the research of Digital Wellness Lab, TikTok will now automatically set the screen time limit of the users below 18 years to 60 minutes daily.

If anyone wished to use the application for over 60 minutes, they would require a passcode to proceed further, requiring them to make an active decision to extend that time.

As part of empowering the families and assuring users’ safety, TikTok has rolled out three new features in the Family Pairing:

Custom daily screen time limits

The parents and caregivers can customise the daily screen time limit for teenagers. For each day, a different time limit can be set. The families will be able to set the timings by following the school schedules, family travel and holidays.

Screen time dashboard

The dashboard will show summaries of time spent on TikTok and how many times the app was opened. The parents will also find a breakdown of the total time spent during the day and night.

Mute notifications

With the help of this option, the parents can decide to mute notifications for their teen by setting up a schedule. Under the new update, the users aged 13 to 15 will not be sent notifications from 9:00pm onwards.

Similarly, the push notifications are disabled from 10:00pm onwards for accounts whose users are aged 16 to 17.

TikTok is also rolling out a sleep reminder through which the users can do better planning on going offline at night time.

A pop-up will appear at the set time to remind the users to log off from the application. For educating parents and children about the new features, TikTok has partnered with creative content creators and experts from the industry.

The in-app support also plays a vital role in teaching the users about the Family Pairing option and the newly-introduced features.

Over the past months, TikTok has released a series of features and updates to ensure a safer user experience and enable the parents to educate their teens about the progressive use of the digital ecosystem.

By prioritising the best interest of the families, TikTok has enhanced its parental controls, created more transparency in policies, strengthened the Safety Centre and also created valuable partnerships with multiple safety organisations.

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