TickTok prohibits part of users in exchange of mail

From April 30th, new online security measures presented by the Chinese-owned app will prevent children from using the function of Direct Messages to contact other users.

TikTok's security chief, Cormac Keenan, explained that the ban aims to take a step further “with its existing restrictions, which already prevent users from receiving unwanted messages from people who are not friends with them on the app.

Andy Burrows, head of the safety of children on the Internet at the NSPCC, praised the firm's <x0-proactive” and called for other social media firms to do the same.

In February, TikTok announced a set of security measures that allow parents to control what their children see on the platform. The way of family security links the child's accounts with their parents, namely, check on the time of the screen and the type of content. /