TikTok is one of the most popular social media apps for teens. It provides them endless entertainment videos. But many children and teens who shared videos of themselves on TikTok were bullied and ridiculed. There were also concerns about violent or immoral videos, and inappropriate messages sent by anonymous users.
If you have teens with TikTok accounts, or you use it, it’s important to understand all the features and settings TikTok offers to help enhance privacy, prevent unwanted followers, and prevent videos containing inappropriate or violent scenes. . You can apply these settings to your account or your child’s TikTok account, these settings and features include:
1- Make your account private on TikTok:
The easiest way to maintain your privacy on TikTok is to make your account (private) private to limit who can see what you share within the app. and to do so; follow these steps:
Go to the TikTok app on your phone.
Click the (Profile) button displayed at the bottom right of the main screen of the application.
Click the three-line menu button in the upper right corner.
Click on the “Settings and Privacy” option and then go to “Privacy.”
Activation (private account) option
After you change to private, only users you approve can follow your account and view your videos, but followers who followed you before you changed your account to private can continue to see everything you share on your account. If this is an issue, you can block any followers you don’t want to see your videos.
2- Activate the profile view history feature to know everyone who viewed your account:
If you have a public account and you are over 16, anyone on TikTok can access your files and watch the videos in it, because accounts for people under 16 are automatically set to (private) mode, otherwise accounts automatically Public anyone can see their content.
