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Short-form video hosting service provider TikTok said Wednesday that every account held by a user under the age of 18 will have a default 60-minute daily screen time limit in the coming weeks.
The changes arrive during a period in which there are growing concerns among different governments about the app’s security, reports AP.
Families have struggled with limiting the amount of time their children spend on the Chinese-owned video sharing app.
Cormac Keenan, head of trust and safety at TikTok said in a blog post that when the 60-minute limit is reached, minors will be prompted to enter a passcode receive a passcode and make an “active decision” to keep watching.
For accounts where the user is under the age of 13, a parent or guardian will have to set or enter an existing passcode to allow 30 minutes of extra viewing time once the initial 60-minute limit is reached.
TikTok said it came up with the 60-minute threshold by consulting academic research and experts from the Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital.
It also said it will also begin prompting teens to set a daily screen time limit if they opt out of the 60-minute default.
The company will send weekly inbox notifications to teen accounts with a screen time recap, said Cormac Keenan.
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