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TikTok, owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance, is facing
renewed scrutiny worldwide over its proximity to the Chinese
government and protection of user data.
The app, wildly popular among younger users, has been banned
from government-owned phones in the United States, Canada and
other countries due to security concerns.
Like other social media apps, TikTok has also faced criticism
for not doing enough to shield teens from inappropriate content.
Development of the parental control feature is in the early
stages and the app will consult with parenting, youth and civil
society organizations to design the tool, TikTok said in a blog
post.
It also announced new features to help users limit the amount of
time they spend on the app. Accounts belonging to users under 18
will automatically have a time limit of one hour per day, TikTok
said.
If teens choose to remove the daily limit and scroll TikTok for
more than 100 minutes per day, the app will display a prompt
encouraging them to set time limits.
Parents will now also be able to set custom time limits for
their teens' TikTok usage depending on the day of the week, the
company said.
(Reporting by Sheila Dang in Dallas; Editing by Michael Perry)
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