Study finds over half of social media child safety features fail to work as advertised
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Clare Duffy
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New research from the Cybersafety Research Center tested 86 youth safety features across TikTok, Instagram, Snap, and YouTube, finding that more than half of these protections don't work as advertised. The study examined whether the features functioned as described and whether children could realistically find and use them, revealing significant gaps between social media companies' claims about child safety and the actual effectiveness of their tools.
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· 3 pulledSocial media giants have for years touted their growing slate of safety tools and protections as proof that they prioritize young users' wellbeing.
But more than half of those protections don't work as advertised, new research finds.
Researchers at the Cybersafety Research Center tested 86 youth safety features across TikTok, Instagram, Snap and YouTube and examined whether they worked as described and whether children could realistically find and use them.
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