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LONDON: Snapchat<\/a> is kicking dozens of children in Britain off its platform each month compared with tens of thousands blocked by rival TikTok<\/a>, according to internal data the companies shared with Britain's media regulator Ofcom<\/a> and which Reuters has seen.
Social media platforms such as Meta's Instagram, ByteDance's TikTok, and Snap Inc<\/a>.'s Snapchat require users to be at least 13 years old. These restrictions are intended to protect the privacy and safety of young children.
Ahead of Britain's planned Online Safety Bill, aimed at protecting social media users from harmful content such as child pornography, Ofcom asked TikTok and Snapchat how many suspected under-13s they had kicked off their platforms in a year.
According to the data seen by Reuters, TikTok told Ofcom that between April 2021 and April 2022, it had blocked an average of around 180,000 suspected underage accounts in Britain every month, or around 2 million in that 12-month period.
In the same period, Snapchat disclosed that it had removed approximately 60 accounts per month, or just over 700 in total.
A Snap spokesperson told Reuters the figures misrepresented the scale of work the company did to keep under-13s off its platform. The spokesperson declined to provide additional context or to detail specific blocking measures the company has taken.
\"We take these obligations seriously and every month in the UK we block and delete tens of thousands of attempts from underage users to create a Snapchat account,\" the Snap spokesperson said.
Recent Ofcom research suggests both apps are similarly popular with underage users. Children are also more likely to set up their own private account on Snapchat, rather than use a parent's, when compared to TikTok.
\"It makes no sense that Snapchat is blocking a fraction of the number of children that TikTok is,\" said a source within Snapchat, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Snapchat does block users from signing up with a date of birth that puts them under the age of 13. Reuters could not determine what protocols are in place to remove underage users once they have accessed the platform and the spokesperson did not spell these out.
Ofcom told Reuters that assessing the steps video-sharing platforms were taking to protect children online remained a primary area of focus, and that the regulator, which operates independently of the government, would report its findings later this year.
At present, social media companies are responsible for setting the age limits on their platforms. However, under the long-awaited Online Safety Bill, they will be required by law to uphold these limits, and demonstrate how they are doing it, for example through age-verification technology.
Companies that fail to uphold their terms of service face being fined up to 10% of their annual turnover.
In 2022, Ofcom's research found 60% of children aged between eight and 11 had at least one social media account, often created by supplying a false date of birth. The regulator also found Snapchat was the most popular app for underage social media users.
RISKS TO YOUNG CHILDREN
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Social media poses serious risks to young children, child safety advocates say.
According to figures recently published by the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Young Children), Snapchat accounted for 43% of cases in which social media was used to distribute indecent images of children.
Richard Collard, associate head of child safety online at the NSPCC, said it was \"incredibly alarming\" how few underage users Snapchat appeared to be removing.
Snapchat \"must take much stronger action to ensure that young children are not using the platform, and older children are being kept safe from harm,\" he said.
Britain, like the European Union and other countries, has been seeking ways to protect social media users, in particular children, from harmful content without damaging free speech.
Enforcing age restrictions is expected to be a key part of its Online Safety Bill, along with ensuring companies remove content that is illegal or prohibited by their terms of service.
A TikTok spokesperson said its figures spoke to the strength of the company's efforts to remove suspected underage users.
\"TikTok is strictly a 13+ platform and we have processes in place to enforce our minimum age requirements, both at the point of sign up and through the continuous proactive removal of suspected underage accounts from our platform,\" they said.
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Snapchat踢一些儿童应用在英国,给监管机构的数据显示
之前,英国计划网络安全法案,旨在保护社会媒体用户从儿童色情等有害内容,Ofcom问TikTok Snapchat多少怀疑under-13s他们启动平台。
伦敦:Snapchat是踢数十名儿童在英国从其平台每月与成千上万的被竞争对手TikTok内部数据显示,公司与英国媒体监管机构共享Ofcom和路透社。
社交媒体平台,如元Instagram ByteDance TikTok,快速公司的Snapchat要求用户至少13岁。这些限制是为了保护孩子的隐私和安全。
之前,英国计划网络安全法案,旨在保护社会媒体用户从儿童色情等有害内容,Ofcom问TikTok Snapchat多少怀疑under-13s他们启动平台。
根据路透数据看到,TikTok对Ofcom表示,2021年4月至2022年4月,它已经封锁了平均大约180000名未成年账户每个月在英国,200万年左右,12个月的时间。
在同一时期,Snapchat透露,每月大约60个账户,或者刚刚超过700。
提前的一位发言人告诉路透社记者歪曲的数据规模的公司工作并保持under-13s平台。发言人拒绝对细节的提供额外的上下文或具体阻止该公司已经采取措施。
“我们认真对待这些义务,在英国,我们每个月阻止和删除成千上万的尝试未成年用户创建一个Snapchat账户,“临时发言人说。
Ofcom最近的研究表明,与未成年用户应用程序都是同样受欢迎。孩子也更有可能在Snapchat建立自己的私人账户,而不是用父母的,TikTok相比。
“这毫无意义,Snapchat阻碍儿童的数量的一小部分,TikTok”Snapchat某位内部人士说,不愿透露姓名的。
Snapchat并阻止用户注册的出生日期,13岁以下的。路透无法确定什么协议来删除未成年用户一旦访问平台和发言人没有拼写这些。
Ofcom告诉路透,视频分享平台正在评估步骤来保护儿童在线仍然是一个主要关注的领域,监管机构,政府的独立运营,今年晚些时候将报告其调查结果。
目前,社交媒体公司负责设定年龄限制在他们的平台。然而,在人们期待已久的网络安全法案,他们将需要通过法律来维护这些限制,并展示他们是怎么做的,例如通过年龄确认技术。
公司未能维护他们的服务条款面临被罚款高达10%的年营业额。
2022年,Ofcom的研究发现,60%的8到11岁的儿童至少有一个社交媒体账户,通常由提供一个假的出生日期。监管机构还发现Snapchat未成年社会媒体是最受欢迎的应用程序的用户。
孩子的风险
社交媒体对儿童构成严重风险,儿童安全倡导者说。
最近发表的数据显示全国防止虐待儿童协会(全国防止虐待儿童协会),Snapchat占43%的情况下,社交媒体是用来传播儿童淫秽图像。
理查德•羽衣甘蓝在线儿童安全主管全国防止虐待儿童协会联系起来,说这是“非常令人担忧”有几个未成年用户Snapchat似乎删除。
Snapchat”必须采取更强有力的行动,以确保幼儿不使用这个平台,和年长的孩子免受伤害,”他说。
英国、欧盟和其他国家一样,一直在寻求方法保护社会媒体用户,特别是孩子,从有害的内容在不损害言论自由。
执行年龄限制将一个关键网络安全法案的一部分,同时确保公司删除非法内容或禁止他们的服务条款。
TikTok发言人表示,其数据和公司的努力消除怀疑的力量未成年用户。
“TikTok严格13 +平台和流程来执行我们的最低年龄要求,报名的时候和通过连续主动取消未成年嫌疑人帐户从我们的平台,”他们说。
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