A global survey conducted by YouGov in collaboration with TikTok reveals the widespread desire for one greater cooperation with digital platforms on online safety. A desire that concerns 61% of adolescents and 58% of Italian parents.
To align with this trend, TikTok has just launched Youth Council, an innovative initiative to ensure the safety of teenagers right from the planning stage. The launch is accompanied by global research which involved over 12 thousand adolescents between 13 and 17 years old and their parents, which highlights the desire for greater collaboration with digital platforms.
The TikTok Youth Council was created in collaboration with Safeguarding Praesidiuman agency specializing in online security, and is a kind of user advice: includes 15 young representatives from different communities and countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, Indonesia, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico and Morocco. After the first meeting held in December 2023, the group recently completed the second meeting, with the participation of the CEO of TikTok, Shou Chew.
During the first meeting of the TikTok Youth Council, young people discussed the importance of educational initiatives. For this reason they will be launched in 2024 over 10 in-app campaigns around the world to promote media literacy, focusing work on fight against disinformation and ai AI-generated content.
The TikTok Youth Council's priorities for 2024 include well being el'inclusion of adolescents, so as to try to keep TikTok a safe and accessible space for young people who want to express themselves freely. During the February meeting, council members also: Contributed to the redesigned TikTok Youth Council Portal and requested more information about reporting and managing accounts and content after a report.
Returning to the study conducted by YouGov, the survey analyzed the conversations within families regarding online safety in general. It emerged that the majority of families (77% of parents and 69% of Italian adolescents) discusses the use of online services by teenagers at least once a week. However, the survey revealed that Italian teenagers they feel uncomfortable addressing certain topics such as bullying (22%), body image (39%, with 41% of adolescents preferring not to discuss this topic with anyone and 32% in particular with their parents) and screen time ( 31%). Parents, on the other hand, find it easier to discuss discrimination (56%), religion (54%), alcohol and substance abuse (51%) and bereavement (34%) than online safety as a whole.
Among other things, to encourage more people to consult its parenting tools, the social network has advised hundreds of millions of people to delve deeper into the Family Connection. Now it is shown to every new community member over the age of 35 when you sign up for the app. “TikTok is a platform where families come together to create and enjoy memorable moments and we want to make sure we equip families with the tools they need to do so,” he said Valiant RicheyGlobal head of uutreach and partnerships for TikTok – listening to teens and making meaningful changes based on what they have to say is one of the most important steps we can take to continue building a safe platform.”
Other research results in Italy explain that:
• 74% of teens believe they can stay safe online but think the platforms should create forums to listen directly to young people e involve them in decisions (61%). This opinion is shared by 58% of parents.
• Italian parents want a greater support from schools to address online safety (47%) e They would like to have more control over their children's online accounts (34%). On the other hand, teenagers seek advice from experts regarding online safety (37%).
• To support their children's digital well-being, 33% of teenagers say that parents set a limit on how much time they spend on screen, 31% have the access code to their children's phone32% follow their children on online platforms and 28% ask their children to show their profiles or feeds on online platforms.
• Talking about online safety is not so obvious, in fact parents address the topic the moment they see a negative change in your child's mood or reactions (59%), in the event that a general problem emerges which is exposed to the parents by the children (53%), after hearing about an accident or a threat (40%) and in the case of news considered worrying by the parents who they concern online platforms (40%).
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