TikTok to add screen time limits for young users

Teenagers will have to enter a passcode to continue watching after 60 minutes. — AFP

TikTok on March 1 said it would introduce automatic daily screen time limits of one hour for accounts belonging to under-18s, as the social media platform faces criticism over its addictiveness among young users.

Teenagers will have to enter a passcode to continue watching after 60 minutes and those aged below 13 require a parent or guardian to set or enter a passcode to release an additional 30 minutes, TikTok said.