Sniff garlic and clear your nose? One of the latest TikTok trends is once again causing a stir.

Our cooperation partner Saferinternet has summarized a TikTok update.

App still trending

The short video app TikTok continues to be trendy. With almost 4 million users, it is the second largest classic social media platform in Austria. Children and young people in particular are fascinated by creating musical video clips and sharing them with the TikTok community. However, the possibility of anonymous use, unreliable age controls and risky challenges lead to problems.

Use our TikTok privacy guide to check the app settings step by step!

Protection of younger people

In order to counteract the dangers of using it, TikTok has now made some adjustments to protect younger users. These include the accompanied mode with extended control options for parents and the age-differentiated presetting of accounts. Profiles of young users are preset to “private” and posts can only be seen by friends. It is also possible to set up an individual screen time .

Saferinternet has published a flyer with helpful tips: Youth flyer “TikTok”

According to TikTok, more than 60 million videos were deleted for violating community guidelines in the first quarter of this year, as well as over 7 million accounts belonging to those under 13 years old . still face risks when using TikTok . This is confirmed by continuous research by jugendschutz.net.

Cyber ​​grooming, cyber bullying and dangerous challenges

In the current practice info “TikTok – Making children and young people aware of risks” (PDF), jugendschutz.net provides information about, among other things, cyber grooming , cyber bullying and dangerous challenges within the video network.

The desire to belong to the community and compete with others encourage many children and young people to take part in challenges. The garlic challenge is still one of the harmless ones; many of these “challenges” can lead to serious health damage . In doing so, users usually endanger not only themselves, but also outsiders.

Children and young people must be informed that such challenges are no fun and can lead to serious health problems.

You might also be interested in: Guide: What parents need to know about TikTok

Source: Saferinternet


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