TikTok creators will be able to limit shortform videos to adult-only audiences
by Mia Sato from The Verge - All Posts on (#67EGS)
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok creators who make content more suitable for adults will soon get more tools for limiting their audience.
Creators will have the option to restrict under-18 users from viewing shortform videos on the platform if they think the content is only appropriate for older viewers, including things like sexually suggestive content that doesn't break TikTok's rules but is borderline."
The company announced in October that creators would be getting new age restriction features for livestreams so they could block teens from joining streams with more mature content. The expanded age gating now includes regular TikTok videos, which the company says will roll out globally over the coming weeks.
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