– It will be a bit like a candy store should also start selling bananas and cucumbers and think that the youth should rather choose it, says Kris Munthe, advisor for games and apps in the babysitter. This week, TIKTOK launched some new features in their family filter, for increased parental control. Including the opportunity to see who the kids are following the app. New features at TIKTOK Photo: AFP TIKTOK has had what they call family pairing for five years. Now the feature is expanded with new tools, including: Time Amay – a feature that allows parents to set fixed times where teenagers cannot use TIKTOK, for example during family holidays, at school or at night. A feature that gives parents insight into who the teenager follows on Tiktok, who they are followed by and what accounts they have blocked, so that they can more easily talk to them about the digital community and security. Wind Down – a feature that gives teens a reminder to start calming down for the day if they use TIKTOK after 10 p.m. 22.00. Tiktok will then play soothing music or meditation videos to end the screen time in a positive way. If teenagers continue to use the app, a new reminder will encourage them to take a break and reflect on their screen time. You can read more about the new functions here. Astrid Firing Ravneberg attends tithe class at Bankgata secondary school in Bodø. She thinks it’s okay that Tiktok lets parents keep track of what their children are doing, especially for the younger users. Ravneberg even knows that both serious and inappropriate content can emerge. – There have been videos of shooting and very bad things. Astrid Firing Ravneberg also Abdullah al-Shife thinks it can be a good offer for those who are younger. But for his own part, he does not see the need for the new feature. – We can take care of ourselves – if I want things that only my friends are going to see, I don’t want to think about my parents seeing it. It may work for someone who is a little younger. We who are 16 can take care of ourselves and avoid doing stupid things, he says. Abdullah al-shify He does not think his own parents will use the new feature, but instead that an open dialogue is the solution. – They know me and they see what I look at sometimes too. They see that it’s not bad. So I don’t think they’re going to use it. Just that fears Kris Munthe in the babysitter will happen. – Must cheer on them – we have to cheer that they try to make the technology more child -friendly. Whether it really hits is another question, says Munthe. He believes there are two challenges with the use of social media such as TIKTOK: Time use and the content that emerges. Most social media has features to regulate both. – All the big apps take such steps. It may not be that strange, because they are under a lot of pressure. We see that there are stricter legislation and we are becoming more aware of the risk of using social media, says Munthe. – At the same time, we must remember that the social media basically wants us to use their app as much as possible, but he still recommends parents to use the security filters that exist. – Especially for the youngest users. The parenting positions provide insight and you can put some limitations, says Munthe. – We also see that more and more people are using such settings now than before. Munthe also emphasizes the importance of complying with the age limits on social media. Furthermore, he misses changes in the algorithms, to make the content that appears less catchy, and thus less addictive. – It is quite demanding for children to limit use themselves, says Munthe. Kris Munthe in the Babysitter would like to see that the algorithms of the most popular apps were changed, making them less addictive. Photo: Løtvedt Photo Youth is in a squeeze according to the survey children and media 2024, more than 1 in 3 children and adolescents between the ages of 9 and 18 believe that they spend too much time on social media. 1 in 5 says it affects their sleep. About as many respond that they want to log off more often. – But it’s hard for them. The ability to self -regulate is still under development in children and adolescents. It is pure biology that is about brain development, so they are in a squeeze, says Munthe. – So in addition to parents having to take responsibility on their side, these platforms must also do more to make their products less addictive. For example, by changing the algorithms. Published 15.03.2025, at. 08.29
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