Douyin, China's version of TikTok, is capping time on its platform for users under 14 to 40 minutes a day

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Douyin's 'youth mode' also locks users under 14 out of the app from 10pm to 6am daily.

Douyin, China's version of TikTok, is putting in place new time restrictions on the platform for its users aged 14 and below.Douyin, China's version of TikTok, is limiting users aged 14 and below to 40 minutes on its platform every day.This is the latest in a series of measures by Chinese gaming and tech firms to regulate the country's cyberspace.

"If you are a user aged under 14, you'll discover that you're already in 'youth mode' when you open the app," said the company in aDouyin added in its statement that it will push "enriching" content to do with general knowledge and educational material to users in "youth mode."in the first quarter of this year and has been progressively rolling out restrictions for younger users.

 

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