Security News > 2020 > April > TikTok announces “Family Pairing” – bust your moves but cap the risk
More-popular-than-ever "Youngster" app TikTok has just announced a feature called Family Pairing.
ICYMI, TikTok - which bills itself as TikTok, Make Your Day - is a video sharing service that lets you post and share fun videos up to 60 seconds long.
Hats off to TikTok for introducing the new Family Pairing system earlier today.
If you wanted to sound old-fashioned, you might choose to describe the new system as simply "Parental controls", and you might wonder why it took Tik Tok so long to introduce them at all, but we're happy to call it Family Pairing.
A little safety goes a very long way - and that applies just as much on the internet as it does IRL. So if your parents get into the Family Pairing thing on Tik Tok, don't brush them off - there's a lot to life beyond 60-second online videos, and it's important not to lose sight of real life while we're all living in extraordinary times during lockdown.