In only five years since launching, it has gained an estimated 1 billion monthly users.Įarly this year after federal regulators order TikTok to disclose how its practices affect children and teenagers, the platform tightened its privacy practices for users under 18. The video platform, wildly popular with teens and younger children, is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. The company says it focuses on age-appropriate experiences, noting that some features, such as direct messaging, are not available to younger users. TikTok has tools in place, such as screen-time management, to help young people and parents moderate how long children spend on the app and what they see, he said. "Sex and drugs are violations of our community standards they have no place on TikTok," Beckerman said.
Applauding legislative goals in a general way is "meaningless" unless backed up by specific support, he said. "This is the talk that we've seen again and again and again and again," Blumenthal told them. That wasn't good enough for Markey and Blumenthal, who perceived a classic Washington lobbying game in a moment of crisis for social media and the tech industry. They said they're seeking a dialogue with lawmakers as the legislation is crafted. In a lengthy exchange as Markey tried to draw out a commitment of support, the executives avoided providing a direct endorsement, insisting that their platforms already are complying with the proposed restrictions. if they would support his bipartisan legislation that would give new privacy rights to children, and ban targeted ads and video autoplay for kids. To that end, Markey asked the three executives - Michael Beckerman, a TikTok vice president and head of public policy for the Americas Leslie Miller, vice president for government affairs and public policy of YouTube's owner Google and Jennifer Stout, vice president for global public policy of Snapchat parent Snap Inc. Technology Here are 4 key points from the Facebook whistleblower's testimony on Capitol Hill
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