The social media platform TikTok partnered with the National PTA to launch an online safety awareness campaign at high schools throughout the country, which includes three high schools in the Bay A…
Three Bay Area high schools received grants from the National Parent-Teacher Association that were funded by the social media platform TikTok to help teenagers and their families discuss digital safety.
“This digital world is not going away, so we have to be proactive with our approaches to how we’re handling it,” said Yvonne Johnson, president of the National PTA. “This partnership with TikTok has us working with them to educate families, bring them together, have open conversations, listening to teens, listening to parents and coming up with something together.”
Taylor said that one of the safety features they would like to promote is the “family pairing” function, allowing an adult to pair their TikTok account with their child’s account to monitor their use of the app, including their searches. Taylor emphasized TikTok’s efforts to promote safe use of their platform, like default safety features that would direct people who search for potentially harmful content to links to help centers to deter juveniles from viewing inappropriate content.
Johnson said the program is a proactive effort to give families the resources to have these conversations about digital safety and practice positive interactions online. She said that the guidelines taught at these workshops could help parents make sure their children aren’t bullied online and aren’t exposed to content that isn’t good for them. And although TikTok is the focus of these events, Johnson said this advice can be used on all social media platforms.
Mugdha Ghole, PTA president at American High School, said their organization is planning on holding a “Create with Kindness” event during lunch sometime in February or March. She said they are planning on inviting psychologists to their event and providing refreshments to entice students and their families to attend.Bay Area innovator uses AI to tackle California students’ declining math skills
“When parents know how these programs work, we’re able to be more equipped to deal with them,” Vitullo said.and users over the possible ban. President-elect Donald Trump has signaled opposition to the measure, which was signed by President Joe Biden.“We need access to information. We’re seeing things on TikTok and Instagram that we don’t see on the mainstream media,” Vitullo said.
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