TikTok limits usage time for teenagers in Alabama

First, the Facebook group Meta agreed to impose restrictions on young users of its services in the USA. Now the short video platform TikTok is following suit - initially in one state.

Among other things, the usage time for teenagers in Alabama is limited to two hours per day. (Archive image) Photo: Monika Skolimowska/dpa

Montgomery. After Facebook group Meta, Tiktok in a US state has also agreed to limit usage times for teenagers. With the commitments and a payment of up to $300 million, the short video platform wants to avoid a trial that should begin next week. Among other things, it should be about the accusation that Tiktok was specifically designed to make children addicted.

The restrictions include a time limit of two hours per day for young users in Alabama, as the state's attorney general, Steve Marshall, announced. Access will also be restricted between midnight and 6 a.m. - and teenagers will not be allowed to use cosmetic filters in their videos.

Meta agreed to a payment of up to $18 billion and similar restrictions in a settlement with several states last month. The Facebook Group hopes that Snapchat and the video platform YouTube will also follow the restrictions.

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