Introduction to the Case Study Collection

The Cyber Trust
Part of the Family Internet Monitoring Project

This collection of case studies explores real-world news stories highlighting how children and young people can be placed at risk through their online activities.

The collection is drawn from real cases investigated by the Cyber Choices team at the National Crime Agency and stories reported in the press.

All of these cases could have been prevented had parents been able to monitor their child's online activity and intervene.



News Item Link Cyber Choices Link

Story:TikTok recommends porn to children, says report

Source: BBC News

 

The BBC reports that an investgation by a human right's campaign group discovered that TikTok's algorithm has been recommending pornography and other inapproriate content to children's accounts. the recommendations seem to ignore the safety settings that Tik Tok claim protects children on their platform.

Like many plaforms Tik Tok has a age limite of 13 which should mean that children under 13 do not access the platform but in fact there are probably millions of younger children across the world that access the platform.

Checking childs phone regularly or implimnetation of monitoring tools should ensure that parents can deal with such issues as they arise and discuss the issues that arise with their children.

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