Tik Tok is testing an attempt to protect its young users from adult content
Chinese video app Tik Tok has begun testing ways to restrict some types of content according to age, amid a push to enhance safety features for teens.
While these efforts are still at an early stage, TikTok says their goal is to protect younger users from adult content or other potentially inappropriate videos.
In a press release, TikTok shared some details of its protections for younger users, explaining that it is working on features that will be able to categorize content based on "content maturity and objective comfort zones."
"When the system is fully launched, content that we have identified as overtly mature topics can be restricted to teens, and for content with less adult topics, members of our community will be able to choose their comfort zones or the maturity of content they prefer," she added. Skip it or subscribe to it.
In its statement, TikTok did not explain how it determined the maturity level of the video, saying the work was still at an "innovation stage", but said it might eventually resemble the ratings used for movies, television and video games.
Separately, TikTok is also working on a feature for its creative users that allows them to indicate whether their videos are intended for adults or younger users, which could further help inform TikTok's recommendations to ensure more mature content stays outside of TikTok's feeds. younger users.
On the other hand, the “Tik Tok” application announced its implementation of an updated set of community guidelines, most notably the ban on videos that promote “irregular eating”, such as excessive calorie counting, short-term fasting, excessive exercise, and other “ Unrecognized signs of a potential problem,” she said.
TikTok also noted that it had updated its rules to ban "murder, maiming, or explicit misogyny, as well as content that supports or promotes transformational therapy programmes."
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