People under 14 will also be blocked from using Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Under this version, kids are restricted to only 40 minutes of daily consumption and shut out from the app after 10 p.m. Youth Mode also includes new educational content, including science experiments, museum exhibitions, and historical explainers.
The Chinese version has a time limit of 40 minutes per day if you are under 14 years old.
Can I download Douyin outside of China? You probably already guessed—you won't be able to download Douyin from the Google Play Store or App Store unless you're located in Mainland China.
Political censorship. In January 2019, the Chinese government said that it would start to hold app developers like ByteDance responsible for user content shared via apps such as Douyin (the name of TikTok in China), and listed 100 types of content that it would censor.
Overall we find that neither app appears to collect sensitive personal data (e.g., contact lists, user files, or geolocation coordinates) without permission. Douyin contains many features unsuitable for the international market, such as dynamic code loading and server side search censorship.
Douyin was launched by ByteDance in Beijing, China in September 2016, originally under the name A.me, before rebranding to Douyin (抖音) in December 2016. ByteDance planned on Douyin expanding overseas. The founder of ByteDance, Zhang Yiming, stated that "China is home to only one-fifth of Internet users globally.
Douyin's features are more advanced than TikTok. For example, users can search for more videos via facial recognition. For TikTok, this is not allowed. E-commerce is flourishing because buying products on Douyin is particularly easy; users can purchase products with just three clicks.
It is no surprise that the cheeky, adorable star Dear, also known as Dilraba Dilmurat, is the queen of Douyin.
Even though both the platforms are owned by the same Chinese tech company Bytedance, Douyin and Tiktok are two completely separate entities. Users on these two short video apps cannot interact with each other.
Douyin's international name is TikTok, an app that looks the same as Douyin, while in fact, the two are not one and the same, despite Bytedance's efforts to brand it as such. This is not the first time a Chinese tech company presents one app as being the same everywhere, while it actually is not.
Lawmakers and a number of experts yesterday called on the government to ban or heavily regulate Douyin (抖音) over concerns that the short-video platform could be used by China to spread disinformation.
TikTok is known in China as Douyin (literal meaning: “shaking sound”).
There is currently no method to change the language of Douyin into English."
The official Douyin can be downloaded on your Android device by heading over to the Douyin and tapping on the 'Download' button that has the Android icon inside it. Alternatively, you can download the latest version of the Douyin app from APK Mirror and install it on your Android device.
Mr. Harris, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, said the Chinese version of the social media site shows videos touting science, museums, education, and patriotism while limiting viewing to 40 minutes per day for young users.
Although they're both owned by ByteDance, Douyin — China's version of TikTok — offers a different version of the social media app that is unavailable to the rest of the world, especially for children.
Is TikTok appropriate for kids? TikTok can be a kid-friendly experience if you supervise your kids, use safety settings, and stick to songs you already know. But TikTok's emphasis on popular music means many videos include swearing and sexual lyrics, so it may not be age-appropriate for kids to use on their own.
Why it's important your teen provides their real date of birth. Your teen must be at least 13 years of age (or 14 in South Korea and Indonesia) to use TikTok. We're committed to providing an age-appropriate experience, so it's important that your teen provides their real date of birth.
Age restrictions
In January 2021, TikTok updated its privacy settings so that accounts for under-16s are set to private by default. This means that other users must be approved before they can see and interact with your child's content or contact them.
Creating a TikTok account
TikTok has a 12+ rating in the Apple App Store and is listed as “Parental Guidance Recommended” in Google's Play Store. If you don't want your teen to download TikTok, these ratings mean you can prevent them from doing so using the parental controls available via these stores or platforms.