What do you now about TikTok?
TikTok is a free social media platform that lets users create, share and watch short videos ranging anywhere from 15 seconds to 10 minutes in duration. It replaced the popular Musical.ly app when it went offline in 2017 and is know as Douyin in China. The app gained notoriety for its viral dances, trends and celebrity cameos and can be a creative, fun platform for teens to enjoy. Now available in 75 languages, it has 2.05 billion registered users worldwide in 2024, a rise from 1.7 billion in 2022! It is most popular with the under-16 age bracket.
In fact, a 2022 Ofcom report found TikTok to be the most-used social media platform for posting content, particularly among young people aged 12 to 17. Take a look at the National Online Safety guide below.
Additional information, including details of how to set up privacy and security settings to limit contact with stranger is also available on https://www.internetmatters.org/hub/esafety-news/tik-tok-app-safety-what-parents-need-to-know/#is-tiktok-safe
