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Tiktok's allegations and lawsuits plagued allegations and lawsuits that undermine the mental health of users, especially children's mental health, and Tiktok decided to turn to meditation, or, rather, guide his users' calming effects on deep breathing.
Tiktok said Thursday it is launching guided meditation practices within the scope and other well-being features for younger users.
The company, owned by Chinese tech giant Bytedance, said it began testing new meditation exercises with a select group of teenagers earlier this year and will now make it available to users of all ages.
Tiktok said the meditation feature designed to improve sleep quality is triggered in "Sleep Time" and will be turned on by default for users under 18 years old.
If these young users are on the app after 10 pm, their "For You" feed will be interrupted by a guided meditation practice. If a teenager continues to use Tiktok after the first reminder, the company will display a second full-screen meditation prompt.
Earlier this week, the meditation app, along with other features such as new educational feeds, online security tools, and controls that enhance parents during screen time.
Tiktok recently focused on promoting healthier digital habits for younger users and a series of lawsuits regarding the impact of the platform on younger users.
Last year, a bipartisan group of attorneys generals of more than a dozen states filed a lawsuit against Tiktok, which is related to the app's impact on young users.
A lawsuit by District Attorney General Brian Schwalb said Tiktok was intentionally addicted, causing psychological damage to his children and brings huge risks of depression, anxiety, sleep loss and physical deformities.
A Tiktok spokesman had previously told CNBC that the lawsuit ignored the positive measures the platform has voluntarily implemented to support the safety and well-being of the community.
Social psychologists also advocate banning the app, warning Tiktok and other social platforms may cause mental health problems to children, adolescents and young people.
Social media platforms briefly offline in the U.S. unless its Chinese parent company succumbs to shares in the app after the Supreme Court upheld a law to prohibit it.
But U.S. President Donald Trump used an executive order to keep the platform running and once again postponed the enforcement of the ban last month. Its long-term status remains uncertain, with a new deadline for mid-August being a new deadline for yielding.
While Congress’s ban on Tiktok has been focused on the app’s Chinese ownership and data and privacy issues, the government has also begun targeting Tiktok and other social media rather than having a bad impact on younger users.
In November, the Australian Parliament passed a bill banning social media platforms and allowing users under the age of 16 to access their services, threatening up to $50 million (£22.2 million) in fines.
In the U.S., users must be at least 13 years old to create an account, although there is an additional safeguards available for a separate Tiktok experience under 13.
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission filed a civil lawsuit against Tiktok and Bondedance in August, accusing them of collecting personal information from children under the age of 13 and not having sufficient policies and procedures to identify and delete accounts created by children.
Tiktok and Bytedance did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Tiktok said Thursday that it also donated $2.3 million to 31 mental health organizations in 22 countries around the world as part of its "Mental Health Education Fund."