Why can't I send private messages on TikTok

Have you noticed that you can no longer send or receive messages through the TikTok app? Have private messages disappeared? It's not your thing, it's TikTok's thing and its new protection measures for the little ones. And it is that the parental control is growing within this tool of short videos musical to create a safe family environment, especially if the application is used by the little ones .

This limitation focuses specifically on accounts of users under 16 years of ageIf there is any information in your profile that informs TikTok that your age is less than this number, it will automatically remove TikTok's instant messaging for you. Or what is the same, it will veto and cut off the sending and receiving of private messages. So until you turn 16.

And, if you are older than this age, you should know that those under 16 years of age with whom you write through the application will not be able to receive your messages. Thus protecting them from any type of malpractice that may occur in this video application that is being used so much by younger audiences.

Of course, at the moment TikTok has officially announced the arrival of this functionality. However, you may be outside of this limit for several more weeks. And it is that the process of adaptation and implementation of this measure will not be instantaneous.It will be carried out progressively over the next weeks So there is still time to enjoy private messages on TikTok. But the countdown has started.

More parental measures

The ban on private messages is not the only measure coming to TikTok. Along with this, and also affecting those over 16 years of age, new parental measures will land in the coming weeks. A tool with which link your father, mother or guardian account to that of your son or daughter under 13 years of age to secure all the content that circulates on their mobile in this application.

Thus, renew the measures of what was previously called Family Safety Mode by a new menu called Family Synchronization Mode You can find now (or in the next few weeks if your account hasn't been updated yet) in the Digital Detox menu.Here you can activate the parental mode or the control mode, depending on who uses the terminal: tutor or father or son or daughter. With this you can set the viewing time limit for the family member. Or exclude inappropriate content. It also offers control over the users who can send messages to the boy or girl being tutored from this function.

To carry out this task, you must link the accounts of adults with those of minors. To do this, all you have to do is enter the Family Synchronization option on the child's mobile and scan the QR code that appears on the father's mobile with your mobile, mother or guardian.

Some of these measures were already available in Europe since the beginning of the year. However, now they extend to the rest of the world and terminals.Something to help make the user experience safer for minors. And, even better, that parents have more detailed control of the minor's activity on TikTok, unlike the control tools that already existed, and that fell mainly on the trust of the most small since the filters could be modified from the terminal itself. Now parental control is stricter, and the cancellation of messages for children under 16 years of age is carried out automatically.