Technologies

TikTok Now Lets Creators Restrict Content From Children

The social media app expands its control of sexually suggestive content.

TikTok rolled out more audience controls for creators last Friday, according to a Dec. 30 blog post. While the video platform already had policies and technology in place that censor nudity and sensual content, borderline inappropriate or «suggestive» content for children is harder to detect. TikTok now gives creators the power to restrict their content to adults over 18.

The company already allowed creators to restrict content in TikTok Live, meaning some livestreams wouldn’t show up on the For You pages of minor users. Now it’s offering the same control option for short-form videos. This feature will continue to expand globally in the coming weeks.

TikTok is adamant that its «strict policies prohibiting nudity, sexual activity, and sexually explicit content» will still apply to creators who use this new feature. The platform will remove any content that violates its community guidelines and continue to educate creators on these policies.

«Our goal has always been to make sure our community, especially teens on our platform, have a safe, positive and joyful experience when they come to TikTok,» the company said in the post. «We’ve already taken significant strides to help ensure their feeds are full of content that is appropriate for them, and these improvements mark an important next step to meet that goal.»

Separately, TikTok has faced scrutiny over perceptions of its potential threats to national security. Some states — most recently, Virginia — have banned the app from state-run devices and networks. As of last week, TikTok has also been banned from all devices of US House staffers.

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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Monday, June 9

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for June 9.

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.

Today’s NYT Mini Crossword took me a bit longer than usual. If you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times’ games collection. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword

Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Flower that sounds like a parental nickname
Answer: POPPY

6A clue: Savvy
Answer: AWARE

7A clue: Birthplace of Buddhism
Answer: INDIA

8A clue: Stretches outside of a party?
Answer: LIMOS

9A clue: Button next to «Select» on old Nintendo controllers
Answer: START

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Beach buckets
Answer: PAILS

2D clue: Take responsibility for something
Answer: OWNIT

3D clue: Lakshmi of «Top Chef»
Answer: PADMA

4D clue: Previous
Answer: PRIOR

5D clue: Ingredient that makes bread rise
Answer: YEAST

How to play more Mini Crosswords

The New York Times Games section offers a large number of online games, but only some of them are free for all to play. You can play the current day’s Mini Crossword for free, but you’ll need a subscription to the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.

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Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 9, #259

Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, No. 259, for June 9.

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.

Atlantans, today’s Connections: Sports Edition should be easy for you — or at least the green group. Read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online.

Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta

Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Woo-hoo!

Green group hint: Georgia’s capital city.

Blue group hint: Billie Jean King.

Purple group hint: Little kids learn to draw these.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: Lively.

Green group: An Atlanta athlete, past or present.

Blue group: Names of women’s tennis players.

Purple group: Can be preceded by «line.»

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is lively. The four answers are animated, energetic, excited and spirited.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is an Atlanta athlete, past or present. The four answers are Brave, Falcon, Hawk and Thrasher.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is names of women’s tennis players. The four answers are Coco, Iga, Madison and Mirra.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is can be preceded by «line.» The four answers are backer, man, score and up.

Technologies

Invincible VS Is a Tag-Team Brawler Packed With Bloody Superhero Carnage

The Invincible franchise is heading to Xbox.

Microsoft’s Xbox Games Showcase had its share of surprises, including a new game from Pokemon developer Game Freak and the ROG Xbox Ally portable handheld. Another surprise is a fighting game featuring characters from the Invincible comic and show.

Invincible VS is a three-versus-three tag fighting game featuring characters from the Invincible universe. The trailer showed several characters from the show, including Invincible, Omni-Man, Atom Eve, Rex Splode, Bulletproof, and two Viltrumites — the powerful alien species Omni-Man and Invincible belong to.

The game itself has a comic book art style to it, but its action is more along the lines of Mortal Kombat. The fighting is very bloody, which is faithful to the comic and show, but no kind of fatalities were shown in the trailer. There are also a couple of familiar settings from the show. While we saw only a handful of characters in this first glimpse of Invincible VS, there is a wealth of heroes and villains that could be added to the game before it launches.

Robert Kirkman’s Invincible
started as a comic in 2003 and ended its run in 2018. In 2021, an animated series based on the comic made its debut on Amazon Prime Video. The show wrapped up its third season in March and has already been renewed for a fourth season.

Skybound Games is publishing Invincible VS with development handled by Quarter Up, an in-house studio led by members of the team that created 2013’s Killer Instinct.

Invincible VS will be released sometime in 2026 for PC and Xbox Series consoles.