According to the latest report, a TikTok spokesperson said that a small-scale test is being conducted to study methods to rate and restrict content by age to prevent teenage users from seeing adult content.
Drawing on content ratings already used for movies and games, TikTok will test a way to let creators on its app make it clear whether they want their content to be viewed only by adults, the report said.
But unlike movie ratings, age-range ratings will not be advertised directly to users. Instead, the system will run on the backend of the app and filter out content by age-appropriateness before it hits the kids’ phones.
A TikTok spokesperson said: “We continue to invest in new ways to recommend content based on age-appropriateness or family comfort. We are exploring ways to empower individuals and families to choose more content preferences for their accounts or their teens through family matchmaking