The TikTok company has announced changes to the direct policy it has in the application. The purpose of the modification is to protect minors from content that may not be suitable for them. Therefore, it seems like a good idea that the well-known social network has had to prevent problems with adolescents. The firm in an official statement has indicated that the upcoming changes will be effective in a short time. It has even indicated the specific day on which this will be so: December 23 of this same year, 2022. Therefore, it is desired to take the step quickly, but a reasonable time is left, so that everyone can get used to the new policy regarding direct that TikTok has proposed. The changes that TikTok has announced for the direct To date, the use of TikTok LIVE was allowed for those who are 16 years of age or older. And, this, many considered that it was a danger because adolescents entered into a communication with low control (and in which things could be found that were not suitable for them). In addition, they could initiate a broadcast themselves. The fact is that the company has decided that it is from the age of 18 when the aforementioned can be done. A success, everything must be said. But, in addition, the company has modified the ages with which the direct messaging of the application can be used and, also, with which virtual gifts can be sent -or access to monetization functions-. The one that from December 23 will be effective are 16 and 18 years, respectively. In this way, uniformity is achieved in the conditions of use that many adults will surely appreciate. To all this, we must add that TikTok is developing a new way so that those who generate content on the platform can choose if what they are going to upload can only be seen by adults. Thus, they will have much more precise control of their audience and a problem will not be generated by offering content that minors can access when in reality it should not be. An additional change that is important It has to do with keyword filtering to be able to filter the comments that exist in a post. In this way, unwanted comments can be avoided, which is always interesting to have this section of the videos much cleaner -and accessible to everyone-. In addition, there will even be recommendations so that creators do not have to spend a lot of time getting the desired settings on their profile in this regard (this new option can also be used in TikTok live content). >
