Social media platform TikTok has added a group chat feature to allow sharing videos within a group of up to 31 users, provided that the user is at least 16 years old.
Like the direct chat feature, the group chat feature will not be available to users between the ages of 13 and 15. To join any group, the user needs to be added by a friend, someone he follows or who follows him on the platform.
Meanwhile, as an added safety measure for users aged 16 and 17, they will not be allowed to join any group unless they have at least one mutual friend. If these users receive a link with an invitation to join the group, they will need to accept the invitation as a prerequisite to join the group.
TikTok stated that when a teenage user creates a group, new members will be reviewed and approved to join the group in advance.
Users can mute or block other users within any group, and they can report any messages that violate the platform rules or the group as a whole if they contain offensive content.
There are limits to the number of groups a user can create, as well as the number of messages they can forward via a group.
TikTok has also added an additional feature, which is the ability to add stickers to direct messages. Users can either create or upload their own terms for the entire group to use or choose from the existing sticker collection.