Social media accounts linked to children were “directly targeted” with graphic content within as little as 24 hours of being created, a new report into online safety says.
It says accounts created for the study based on real children as young as 13 were served content around eating disorders, self-harm and sexualised images.
The study from children’s safety group the 5Rights Foundation and the children’s commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, said the research was “alarming and upsetting” and called for mandatory rules on how online services are designed to be introduced.
Dame Rachel de Souza (Yui Mok/PA)
Social media accounts linked to children were “directly targeted” with graphic content within as little as 24 hours of being created, a new report into online safety says.
It says accounts created for the study based on real children as young as 13 were served content around eating disorders, self-harm and sexualised images.
The study from children’s safety group the 5Rights Foundation and the children’s commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, said the research was “alarming and upsetting” and called for mandatory rules on how online services are designed to be introduced.
Dame Rachel de Souza (Yui Mok/PA)
Social media accounts linked to children were “directly targeted” with graphic content within as little as 24 hours of being created, a new report into online safety says.
It says accounts created for the study based on real children as young as 13 were served content around eating disorders, self-harm and sexualised images.
The study from children’s safety group the 5Rights Foundation and the children’s commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, said the research was “alarming and upsetting” and called for mandatory rules on how online services are designed to be introduced.
Dame Rachel de Souza (Yui Mok/PA)
Social media accounts linked to children were “directly targeted” with graphic content within as little as 24 hours of being created, a new report into online safety says.
It says accounts created for the study based on real children as young as 13 were served content around eating disorders, self-harm and sexualised images.
The study from children’s safety group the 5Rights Foundation and the children’s commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, said the research was “alarming and upsetting” and called for mandatory rules on how online services are designed to be introduced.
Dame Rachel de Souza (Yui Mok/PA)
Social media accounts linked to children were “directly targeted” with graphic content within as little as 24 hours of being created, a new report into online safety says.
It says accounts created for the study based on real children as young as 13 were served content around eating disorders, self-harm and sexualised images.
The study from children’s safety group the 5Rights Foundation and the children’s commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, said the research was “alarming and upsetting” and called for mandatory rules on how online services are designed to be introduced.
Dame Rachel de Souza (Yui Mok/PA)