But teenagers will be able to opt out of the new default setting, which TikTok said will be rolled out “in the coming weeks”.
“If the 60-minute limit is reached, teens will be prompted to enter a passcode in order to continue watching, requiring them to make an active decision to extend that time,” Cormac Keenan, TikTok’s head of trust and safety, said in a blog post on Wednesday.
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