US EditionTeens Scrolling After 10 p.m.? TikTok Now Suggests Meditation Instead
- On May 15, 2025, TikTok launched a default meditation feature that interrupts teen users scrolling after 10 p.m. With guided exercises.
- This feature follows growing concerns and lawsuits about TikTok's negative mental health impacts on young users and regulatory scrutiny worldwide.
- The meditation includes breathing and calming music, aims to improve sleep, and triggers a second harder-to-dismiss prompt if teens continue scrolling.
- TikTok reported that 98% of teens kept the feature enabled during early tests, reflecting its effort to promote healthier digital habits amid criticism.
- The update expands TikTok’s wellbeing tools, complements parental controls, and signals the platform’s intent to reduce prolonged late-night app use by teens.
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Teens scrolling after 10 p.m.? TikTok now suggests meditation instead
TikTok is encouraging users to slow down, breathe deeply and relax their minds. The app is rolling out a new guided meditation prompt that appears during typical sleeping hours, specifically targeting teens. Late-night scrolls trigger meditation exercises TikTok announced the feature Thursday, May 15, in a blog post, along with the expansion of its mental health education fund and wellbeing tools. Here’s how it works: if a teenager is using TikT…
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