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TikTok strengthens privacy safeguards for teenagers

TikTok strengthens privacy safeguards for teenagers

As social media companies face greater criticism over their privacy measures, TikTok became the latest tech company to propose stricter protections for teens on Thursday. In the next months, TikTok will introduce a number of new features, including a default limit on in-app messaging for 16 and 17-year-olds unless it is changed. Anybody under the … Read more

TikTok Announces To Block Accounts of Underage Users

TikTok Announces To Block Accounts of Underage Users

China’s leading social networking short video sharing app, TikTok, has announced to block the accounts of all users under the age of 13. According to the news agency, TikTok issued a statement on Wednesday stating that the company has accepted the recommendations made by the Italian authorities and blocked the accounts of users aged 13 … Read more

TikTok aims to improve in-app child safety by privatizing accounts under 16

TikTok Child Safety

TikTok users aged under sixteen will have their accounts automatically set to private, as the app introduces a series of measures to improve child safety.

According to the details, the video-sharing app all set to take serious steps to ensure child safety by setting accounts private for those under sixteen.

Earlier, an application was filed in the Lahore High Court for banning all social media applications including Bigo, TikTok and Likee.

Waqas Anwar Gujjar Advocate filed a petition in the High Court in which the owners of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Bigo, TikTok and Likee have been made parties.

The petition contends that youngsters are wasting their time through Bigo, TikTok, Likee and other social media applications, while all social media applications, promote nudity, obscenity and immorality.

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TikTok Introduces Strict Privacy Policy For Users Between Ages of 13 To 17

TikTok Child Safety

TikTok, the most popular social media app among youngster, has tightened its privacy policy to protect users between the age of 13 to 17. On January 13, the company announced new privacy regulations that would apply to customers under the age of 18. Under the new rules, the accounts of all registered users between the … Read more