Lots of broken teenage hearts tonight.... ByteDance sets time limits for users under age 14 on Douyin, the sister short video app to TikTok. 40 mins a day... as China steps up scrutiny of tech use by young people https://t.co/rkCFVuQYzH via @WSJ @shashamimi

— Liza Lin (@lizalinwsj) September 20, 2021

Now one must ask oneself in a sober manner what do the folks in the country that invented TikTok know that folks outside that country know about these addictions.

But understand Douyin is far diluted for this age cohort then the rest of the world.

Read the history of Coca-Cola. https://t.co/1eUeJMbOPv

— Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele) September 20, 2021

ByteDance follows up China's new limits on online videogames by capping users under 14 years old to 40 minutes of Douyin per day—and limiting the content to edifying stuff like science experiments, museum exhibitions and history lessons.@shashamimihttps://t.co/RRk58zgk06

— Jonathan Cheng (@JChengWSJ) September 20, 2021

All of these restrictions on children’s online use by the Chinese government feels like a Wuhan moment. What do they know that we don’t? https://t.co/z5QW5rmCUa

— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) September 20, 2021

#Douyin (Chinese version of #TikTok) users under 14 years old must use the “youth mode,” which limits their using time to 40 mins a day and bans their using from 10pm to 6am. The firm said the mode is to protect teenagers from becoming addicted to short-video platforms. pic.twitter.com/NILC4a1CXD

— China News 中国新闻网 (@Echinanews) September 18, 2021

Tbf this should probably apply to everyone of all ages for all social media… https://t.co/X5deL7PmPl

— Antony Dapiran (@antd) September 20, 2021

Now the question is, what will Chinese children do in their free time? Their gaming and douyin time is limited, and after-school tutoring is cracked down. https://t.co/rVVhpM6ion

— Zhaoyin Feng 馮兆音 (@ZhaoyinFeng) September 20, 2021

The Chinese version of TikTok has limited kids to 40 minutes' use each day. That's due to a law there, but it's going to be a massive problem for ByteDance's business. https://t.co/F6rWbbPzGX

— Martin SFP Bryant (@MartinSFP) September 20, 2021

I reckon a lot of parents in the West would endorse this if they could? https://t.co/8ZWUineeb7

— Jerome Taylor (@JeromeTaylor) September 20, 2021

Now the question is, what will Chinese children do in their free time? Their gaming and douyin time is limited, and after-school tutoring is cracked down. https://t.co/rVVhpM6ion

— Zhaoyin Feng 馮兆音 (@ZhaoyinFeng) September 20, 2021

China諸々やり過ぎな感はあるけれど、ここは適切だなあ。日本は無法地帯だからなあhttps://t.co/BxkzCeIqxa

— touya (@touya_huji) September 20, 2021

How many minutes per day are American youth using TikTok? ~90. And what are they handing over to the Chinese government in the process?

This is straight up warfare.https://t.co/m2SQ7kptJ5 pic.twitter.com/5q9Zf2evrQ

— Dave Troy ?? (@davetroy) September 20, 2021

Tick, tick, tick … TikTok #China just limited kids to 40 minutes' use each day #DataBreaches #DarkWeb #CyberSec #infosec #Security #cybercrime #ThreatIntel #hackers #dataprotection #cyberthreats #cybersecurity #cyberattacks #cyberintelligence #phishing https://t.co/7X0VSBidRi

— Jiniba (@JinibaBD) September 20, 2021

Tick, tick, tick … TikTok China just limited kids to 40 minutes' use each day https://t.co/NVWzf5aCSr pic.twitter.com/kEAvmphIkB

— Mohamed A. Basset (@SymbianSyMoh) September 20, 2021

TikTok Chinaは14歳以下の使用を1日40分に制限している。

Tick, tick, tick … TikTok China just limited kids to 40 minutes' use each day https://t.co/60eyJQSDDr via @theregister

— ぐーたっちまん o(`･ω･´)o 旭 (@dexderrewedd447) September 20, 2021

Tick, tick, tick … TikTok China just limited kids to 40 minutes' use each day https://t.co/hSBDOboUCG

— Nicolas Krassas (@Dinosn) September 20, 2021