The child safety problem on platforms is worse than we knew A startling new report finds far more minors using Snap, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok than we suspected — and they’re having sexual interactions with adults in huge numbers Share this story Millions of young children are using platforms years before they turn 13 — and their presence could put many of them in danger. An alarming new study has found that minors in the US often receive abuse, harassment, or sexual solicitation from adults on tech platforms. For the most part, though, children say they are not informing parents or other trusted adults about these interactions — and are instead turning for support for tech platforms, whose limited blocking and reporting tools have failed to address the threats they face.