New Research Finds Most Social Media Youth Safety Tools Fall Short

New research finds most social media youth safety tools fall short

A new report says social media’s child safety protections often fail in practice, raising fresh questions as pressure for federal regulation grows.

TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube are failing kids with broken safety features, research finds

A new study tested 86 child safety features across TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube, and found that more than half were broken, buried, or missing entirely.

Most social media child safety features fail, research finds

Social media companies claim their platforms are safe for kids, promoting safety features that include restricting searches for harmful content, limiting messaging and warning of out-of-network contacts.

Many child safety features on social apps don’t work, report finds

Researchers found that teens can discover harmful content, connect with unknown adults and easily bypass time limits. Child safety features on the most...

Half of social media child safety features don't work, report claims

A new report found half of social media safety features intended to keep children safe online do not work as claimed.

More than half of social media child safety features aren’t working as advertised, new research finds

Researchers at the Cybersafety Research Center found that more than half of social media child safety protections don’t work as advertised.