TikTok tests age-rated content restrictions

By Elizabeth Culliford
FILE PHOTO TikTok app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken July 13 2021. REUTERSDado RuvicFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: TikTok app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

(Reuters) - TikTok is working on ways to rate and restrict content by age in order to prevent adult content from reaching teenage users of its short video app, the company said at a news briefing.

TikTok, which has exploded in popularity among teens in recent years, said it was running a small test for how adult-rated content could be restricted from accounts belonging to younger users, either by the user or their parents and guardians.

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