A third of children have adult social media accounts - Ofcom
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2024 12:41 am
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63204605
The Ofcom-commissioned research found 32% of children have an account intended for adults, while 47% of children aged eight to 15 have a user age of 16 and over.
And 60% of children under the age of 13 who use social media accounts have their own profiles, despite not being old enough.
Ms Harling said the age categorizations were meant to be "one of the main ways" in which platforms protected the safety of their users.