{"id":3605,"date":"2020-04-16T11:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T11:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/04\/16\/tiktok-now-lets-parents-set-restrictions-on-their-kids-accounts\/"},"modified":"2020-04-16T11:42:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T11:42:00","slug":"tiktok-now-lets-parents-set-restrictions-on-their-kids-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/16\/tiktok-now-lets-parents-set-restrictions-on-their-kids-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok now lets parents set restrictions on their kids\u2019 accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>Illustration by Alex Castro \/ The Verge<\/small><\/p>\n

TikTok is amping up its parental controls today with a feature that lets parents remotely set restrictions on their kids’ accounts. The new feature, called Family Pairing, allows parents to link their kids’ accounts to their own, where they’ll be able to disable direct messages, turn on restricted content mode, and set screen time limits.<\/p>\n

The update is a big step forward from where TikTok was a year ago. In February 2019, the company paid $5.7 million to the Federal Trade Commission over alleged violations of a children’s privacy law, in part for allowing users under 13 years old to sign up without parental consent. TikTok has since made changes to comply with the law, and it’s added features like screen time limits to give users and parents more control over the app, which is incredibly popular with teens. TikTok began rolling out these same features, under the name “Family Safety Mode,” in Europe earlier this year.<\/p>\n

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