Cincinnati Family Magazine recently had the chance to sit down at the TikTok Sparks Community Event to learn all about social media use safety for teens. Here is a roundup of what we learned, provided by TikTok. 
 
About TikTok:
    • TikTok is an entertainment platform powered by the creativity of our community.
    • You must be 13 years or older to sign up. It’s where people come to watch and create videos on various topics.
    • 170M+ Americans use TikTok, including book lovers, foodies, families, and over 7M businesses.


Trust & Safety at TikTok:

      • Safety is at the heart of everything we do at TikTok and our approach is rooted in our Community Guidelines, which are a set of norms and a common code of conduct that provide a safe and welcoming space for everyone.
      • We have more than 40,000 safety professionals safeguarding the app.
      • We use a combination of technology and people to moderate content in more than 70 languages with specialized moderation teams for complex issues, like misinformation, hate speech, and youth safety. We’re investing more than $2 billion in our Trust and Safety operations this year.

 

Teen safety at TikTok:
    • While the average age of a US user on TikTok is over 30, we recognize that special safeguards are required to protect teens on TikTok.
    • That’s why TikTok offers an experience for teens that is much more restrictive than the experience for adults on our platform.
    • We continue to make thoughtful, industry-leading product design choices to protect teens on our app.

 

Parenting tools on TikTok:
    • Through Family Pairing, parents can link their account to their teens’ to enable a number of privacy and safety settings, such as setting screen time limits and turning on keyword filters.

Using TikTok to Teach!:

 

 

 

TikTok also recently released a Digital Safety Partnership for Families! Check it out by clicking here.