TikTok—TikTok expanded Family Pairing safety features giving parents more visibility and controls over teen accounts
In July 2025, TikTok significantly expanded its Family Pairing feature, adding new parental controls including alerts when teens upload content visible to others, expanded dashboard visibility into teen activity, and enhanced screen time management tools. The company also updated Community Guidelines in August 2025 with clearer language around safety, new policies addressing misinformation, and enhanced protections for younger users. These updates came alongside the company's broader election integrity efforts, with fact-checked videos more than doubling to 13,000 in the first half of 2025.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child Safety | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Content Moderation | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| Digital Safety for Vulnerable Users | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.429 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.64)
Evidence (2 signals)
TikTok updated Community Guidelines in August 2025 with enhanced misinformation and safety policies
In August 2025, TikTok announced updates to its Community Guidelines with clearer and simpler language, more transparency, and new or enhanced policies addressing misinformation and platform misuse. The updates also strengthened protections for younger users.
TikTok announced expanded Family Pairing features with new teen safety controls in July 2025
TikTok added new elements to its Family Pairing feature in July 2025, giving parents alerts when teens upload videos, stories, or photos visible to others. The update expanded the parental dashboard with more visibility into teen account activity and enhanced screen time management tools.