Critics Are Urging TikTok To Improve Its Parental Monitoring Features

Advocates are urging the popular social media TikTok to improve its parental monitoring features after children have died while attempting a dangerous challenge.

According to CBS Miami, critics like Dalia Hashad of the group “ParentsTogether” claim dangerous trends like “The Blackout Challenge” were recently connected to several deaths. “TikTok’s just not a safe place for kids,” Hashad said.

The watch group has gathered more than 12,000 signatures on a petition seeking to have TikTok create mirror accounts.

“Which means that kids would be able to log on their device and parents would log onto theirs, and they would be able to see exactly what TikTok is serving their children,” Hashad explained.

While Tik Tok has not responded to “ParentsTogether,” the company did issue a statement saying, “TikTok has taken industry-first steps to protect teens and promote age-appropriate experiences, including strong default privacy settings for minors.”

The social media giant also claims it has blocked content related to inappropriate hashtags or phrases as a measure to protect minors.