India, April 15 -- A study conducted in the United Kingdom has reportedly found that minors as young as 13 are being exposed to explicit sexual content on Elon Musk's social media platform X. The research, carried out by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), examined how underage users interact with the platform and what content is recommended to them.

Researchers created two accounts posing as 13-year-old users, the minimum permitted age on the platform. They searched for commonly used terms such as "sex" and "porn" to assess content moderation, as per a report by Daily Mail.

According to the findings, eight out of ten searches resulted in posts classified as explicit under X's own policies, including content depicting sexual ...