Zigazoo launches to be a ‘TikTok’ for kids, surpasses 100,000 uploads and downloads

guest · Jun 2, 2020

Zigazoo launches to be a ‘TikTok’ for kids, surpasses 100,000 uploads and downloads
June 2, 2020
https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/02/z...-kids-surpasses-100000-uploads-and-downloads/

Like many parents, Zigazoo founder Zak Ringelstein worries about his children’s screen time. His worries only grew when COVID-19 led to school shutdowns and kids came home to a world of remote learning. Now, as lockdowns extend, Ringelstein is learning to embrace screen time as a way to sneak education and entertainment into his kids’ digital diet.

Ringelstein, the former founder of UClass (acquired in 2015), launched Zigazoo, which he describes as a “TikTok for kids.”
Zigazoo is a free app where kids can answer short video-based exercises that they can answer through video and share responses with friends.

Users have to accept a friend request in order for their content to be seen, a move Ringelstein sees as key to avoiding bad actors or potential bullying.
Additionally, Zigazoo uses an API to moderate content.
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Combining education with entertainment comes with a set of risks around child safety. Last March, The New York Times wrote a story about how “kidfluencers” has grown as a concept, where parents put their kids online, touting brands, and make money off of it. The resulting ethical concerns are why Ringelstein is confident that Zigazoo is needed.

Ringelstein sees Zigazoo’s “friend” versus “follow” feature as key to the safety of kids: Unlike TikTok, where there is a public feed and users can follow everyone, Zigazoo requires users to opt-in to being followed, similar to Facebook.
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