Snapchat Deletes Dozens Of Kids Off Of Its App In Britain Each Month, New Data Claims
In what is being described as some interesting details, Snapchat is
kicking off dozens of children from its platform every month in Britain.
The
data was shown by one of the country’s leading regulators who proved
the news via its internal data, which was later observed by the likes of
Reuters too.
On
the other hand, it was seen how so many apps on social media including
Instagram, TikTok, and Snap Inc have a requirement that users are at
least 13 in age. Moreover, such restrictions are designed to better
protect young kids’ safety and privacy.
The news comes moments
before the country’s Online Safety Bill launches, which is designed to
protect younger audiences on social media from viewing dangerous content
like child porn.
Both TikTok and Snapchat were hence requested
by the UK-based regulator how many such kids below the age of 13 ended
up getting the boot from the platform in just a year’s time.
Meanwhile,
data witnessed by Reuters proved how TikTok spoke to the regulator
during April 2021 and 2022. During this period, it provide how it
blocked around 180,000 accounts that were speculated of being underage
in the UK each month. And that’s nearly 2 million during the one-year
period.
In that same timeframe, we saw the team at Snap reveal
how it deleted 60 accounts every month and the total came out to be 700
as a whole.
In the same way, a spokesperson for the firm revealed
how such figures ended up misrepresenting the work scale that the app
was busy with to prevent those below the age of 13 on the app.
For
now, they are remaining hush on the matter and not providing more
details that are specially linked to blocking features that this app has
ended up taking.
It’s quite obvious how Snap takes such
obligations very seriously and each month in the United Kingdom, they
are blocking and deleting tens of thousands of attempts through underage
individuals who hope to create such an account.
Other recent
statistics from the firm point toward such social media platforms being
awfully popular with those that are not the appropriate age. Kids end up
setting accounts themselves, even if they aren’t the right age as per
the app’s policy. The stats showed how such incidents were much greater
for Snapchat as they were for TikTok, where the latter was making use of
parents’ accounts quite frequently for access.
