CapCut
CapCut
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MINIMUM AGE: 13+
WHAT IS IT? CapCut is a versatile and user-friendly video editing app that’s especially popular among young creators, making it a solid choice for anyone looking to produce short, creative videos. WHAT WE SAY: Use with caution. 🔞 Exposure to Inappropriate Content Although CapCut itself is an editing app, it features a built-in library of user-generated templates and audio clips, many of which come directly from TikTok. These can contain sexualised imagery, explicit language, violent themes, or harmful trends, which young users may encounter or imitate without realising the impact. 🔐 Privacy Concerns CapCut collects a wide range of data, including device info, location (if enabled), browsing activity, and app usage patterns. When linked with TikTok, there is potential for personal content to be shared more widely than intended, especially if young users export videos with identifying details. 🚨 Sexualised Content and Grooming RisksCapCut videos often reflect popular TikTok trends, which can be highly sexualised. If a child’s edited video gains attention online (especially when posted to TikTok), it may attract inappropriate comments or attention from adults with harmful intentions. 📲 Addictive Creativity The app’s user-friendly interface, combined with a wealth of creative tools—such as filters, effects, transitions, and music—makes it incredibly engaging. For young people, this can result in spending extended hours perfecting their video edits, experimenting with new effects, or reworking their content to get the "perfect" result. This can sometimes lead to an over-investment of time, especially if they are caught in the excitement of the creative process. 🚨Hurtful Comments: On social platforms, videos shared using CapCut are open to public comments. Unfortunately, some children may experience negative feedback, including cyberbullying or mean-spirited remarks about their appearance, voice, or content. This can lead to feelings of inadequacy, depression, or anxiety. 🚫 Copycat Content and Dangerous TrendsTemplates on CapCut sometimes promote risky or harmful behaviours, such as extreme dieting, mental health stigmatisation, or dangerous stunts. These can easily be replicated by impressionable users seeking popularity or attention. |
SAFETY TIPS:
📲Understand the app: Familiarise yourself with Capcut's features and how they work. Knowing how the app works will help you guide your child effectively. 👨👧Parental supervision: Check their interactions and adjust privacy settings accordingly. Try to stay up-to-date on Internet trends and best practices. 📢Underage Accounts: Capcut might have an age restriction but it lacks a proper age verification process. Therefore, there’s little stopping users from faking their dates of birth or creating bogus profiles and targetting children and young people. 👥Manage friend requests: Teach your child only to accept friend requests from people they know in real life. 📷 Cover the Webcam When Not in Use Physically cover your camera when you're not ready to go live. Always be mindful of what’s visible in your background—it can reveal location clues. 🧠 Trust Your Instincts If something feels uncomfortable, it is uncomfortable. Leave the chat immediately and don’t engage with users who seem suspicious, aggressive, or inappropriate. 🖥️ Place Devices in Shared Spaces Keep internet-connected devices in living rooms or kitchens, not bedrooms. This makes risky behavior less likely and easier to notice. 🙋♀️Conversations: Have open discussions with children and young people about the topics associated with online use - bullying, grooming, sexual and criminal exploitation, body image, as well as accessing support and how to report. 🚨 Know the Signs of Trouble Watch for behaviour changes—like anxiety, secrecy, mood swings, or suddenly deleting apps. These can signal something inappropriate happened online. 💬Conversations: Have open discussions with children and young people about the topics associated with online use - bullying, grooming, sexual and criminal exploitation, body image, as well as accessing support and how to report. FURTHER SUPPORT: For parents/ carers If you're worried about your child or need support call NSPCC helpline on 0808 800 5000. If you discover criminal content when online then report it directly to the police or the Internet Watch Foundation. If you're worried about online grooming or sexual behaviour online then report directly to the police or contact CEOP. For Children & young people if they're worried or want to talk, encourage them to contact Childline Online or call 0800 1111. Check out our Resource Centre for further information and useful online safety tips. 
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