TikTok Adds New Parental Controls to Restrict Teens’ App Usage, Will Disable DMs for Users 16 and Under
Popular short-form video app TikTok is giving parents and guardians in the U.S. new ways to curtail how teenage kids use the app, including what they can view and who can direct-message them. And at the end of April, TikTok will completely turn off the ability for users 16 and younger to send or receive DMs.