TikToklinkusersaged under sixteen will have their accounts automatically set to private,as the app introduces a series of measures to improve child safety.

According to the details, the video-sharing app all set to take serioussteps to ensure child safety by setting accounts private for those undersixteen.

Earlier, an application was filed in the Lahore High Court for banning allsocial media applications including Bigo, TikTok and Likee.

Waqas Anwar Gujjar Advocate filed a petition in the High Court in which theowners of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Federal InvestigationAgency (FIA), Bigo, TikTok and Likee have been made parties.

The petition contends that youngsters are wasting their time through Bigo,TikTok, Likee and other social media applications, while all social mediaapplications, promote nudity, obscenity and immorality.