Photo: ChristianChan (Shutterstock) Photo: ChristianChan (Shutterstock)Earlier this year, TikTok implemented what it calls “Family Pairing,” a parental control tool that lets parents link their child’s TikTok account with their own, giving them direct control over the child’s privacy settings. Now, the short-form video platform app is further expanding the ways parents can, through this tool, restrict who their child communicates with, what they search for, and who can see their content. TikTok is quite popular in the United States, with approximately 100 million users across the country. The Chinese-based company, however, has been under intense pressure from the Trump administration in recent months to sell or spin-off its U.S. business over concerns related to its data-collection practices. G/O Media may get a commission

Source: The Nation November 19, 2020 17:03 UTC