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TikTok’s adult-only content creation feature is raising the age requirement for live streams Recently, TikTok stated that it would be raising the minimum age requirement for live streams hosted on its site and introducing TikTok’s adult-only content feature. Currently, Livestream hosts must be 16 years or older. Users must be 18 years of age to utilize the platform as of November 23. According to TikTok, the modification is a part of continuous efforts to maintain community safety. Zoomers are maturing, and TikTok…

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by the pandemic has slowed down. But overall, the app economy is continuing to grow, having produced a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores combined in…

TikTok is once again updating its livestreaming features, and this time the biggest improvements affect the people who can't watch. For starters, the upgrade now lets TikTok Live users host adult-only broadcasts. If a stream is likely to include lots of colorful language or tackle traumatic subjects, you can make sure the audience is mature enough to handle it. The option will be available in the "coming weeks." And no, it's not an officially sanctioned alternative to OnlyFans — TikTok's policies still forbid sexually…

TikTok is updating its livestream system to limit kids from going live and to allow streamers to only reach adults.In a blog post, TikTok announced a slew of changes to its livestream feature, including new age gating methods and creator tools. Currently, anyone with at least 1,000 followers who’s over the age of 16 can start a livestream on TikTok, and people over 18 can send and receive tips — one of the ways creators make money on the platform. Beginning November 23rd, only users 18 and up will be able to host a…

TikTok is testing a new setting that will allow people to limit their live streams to people who are 18 or older, according to reports. The change would give people the option to prevent anyone who is under age from being able to see their live stream, with a message warning them that "only viewers 18 and above can see" content that has the option enabled according to a TechCrunch report based on screenshots shared by Watchful.ai. In those screenshots, we see an option to enable "Mature Themes," although TikTok does…