TikTok has announced that it is developing a rating system called “Content Levels”.
In a Wednesday blog post the company said that it plans to institute the early version of the feature “in the coming weeks”.
TikTok had indicated back in February that it was moving towards age-based feed restrictions, and Content Levels offers the first details of what that might look like.
App users will also now have more control over their own video streams, with the ability to selectively mute hashtags.
Though the social media giant wrote that their new moderation scheme is based on the ones used by the film, TV, and gaming industries, the company won’t immediately be displaying ratings along with video clips. Instead, the sorting and filtering will happen on the back end.
“When we detect that a video contains mature or complex themes, for example, fictional scenes that may be too frightening or intense for younger audiences, a maturity score will be allocated to the video to help prevent those under 18 from viewing it across the TikTok experience,” wrote the company.
“We have focused on further safeguarding the teen experience first and in the coming months we plan to add new functionality to provide detailed content filtering options for our entire community so they can enjoy more of what they love.”
Each “maturity score” will be be assigned by a TikTok moderator
