As kids head back to school, many will be logging onto TikTok to connect with classmates or bust boredom with an endless scroll of videos. To protect minors on the social media platform, Tara Wadhwa, ...

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TikTok users aged under 18 will have to enter a passcode to use the app for longer than 60 minutes a day, as part of the platform’s new wellbeing features. Those who ignore the default screen time ...

In the waning days of summer, rules and routines in many households have become little more than vague concepts. Among the rules your family may have let slide are limits around screen time. According ...

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As kids head back to school, many will be logging onto TikTok to connect with classmates or bust boredom with an endless scroll of videos. As we navigate through unprecedented times, our journalists ...