Afghanistan, July 7 -- Most advertised child safety features on Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube do not work as promised or are too difficult for young users to find, according to a new independent audit that raises new questions about how technology companies protect children online.
The report, titled "Broken, Buried, or Missing: Anatomies of Failure (and Success) of Social Media Child Safety Features," was published June 29 by the Cybersafety Research Center, a joint research initiative of New York University and Northeastern University. It was produced with support from Heat Initiative, a nonprofit that campaigns against online child sexual exploitation. The center describes it as the first independent audit of its kind covering...