TikTok Launches Meditation Features And Sleeping Hours To Support Children's Mental Health

TikTok meditation feature (photo: TikTok)

JAKARTA - TikTok launches a guided meditation exercise in its applications to all users, an initiative focused on the well-being and mental health of its users.

One of the flagship features being tested is "Meditation in Sleep Hours", which is designed to help users calm down at night. This feature is automatically activated for teens under the age of 18.

So, if a teenager opens TikTok after 22.00, their For You pass will be replaced by a guided meditation session. If they continue to use the app after the initial reminder, the system will display a more assertive full screen command to encourage rest.

TikTok said that in the initial testing, they found 98 percent of teens were still active in the meditation experience. It seems to be a number that shows high enthusiasm for this new approach.

As part of this initiative, TikTok collaborates with TikTok creators and child psychiatrist Dr. Willough Jenkins (@drwilloughjenkins) to educate users with the Meditation feature on Sleep Hours.

In addition, TikTok is also expanding the Mental Health Education Fund, as a form of support for the spread of reliable and beneficial information related to mental health.

TikTok disbursed a donation of US$2.3 million (Rp36.8 billion) in advertising credit to 31 mental health organizations in 22 countries around the world as part.

Combined with the training provided by TikTok, this funding will help these organizations create more informative and interesting mental health content for the public around the world.

With this step, TikTok affirms its commitment to creating safe, supportive, and supportive online space and supporting the mental health of its users, especially the younger generation who grew up in the digital era.