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Kids of all ages signing up to Snapchat and TikTok by skipping age verification, Irish study finds
Updated: 27 Jan 2021, 16:48
CHILDREN of all ages are signing up to Snapchat and TikTok by bypassing the sites’ age verification, a new Irish study has found.
The research by the team at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, shows that social media sites measures to stop young people accessing their content are not working.
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The team said it is too easy for young people to pretend they are older to get an account on a social media site (file image)Credit: Getty Images - Getty