The UK telecom regulator OFCOM have stated that Tik Tok and Youtube are 'not safe enough for kids'.
The statement sets out concerns of OFCOM researchers who suggest that, "TikTok and YouTube failed to commit to any significant changes to reduce harmful content being served to children, maintaining their feeds are already safe for children," it said.
"Our wealth of evidence, published today, suggests they are still not safe enough."
The companies both state that they have done a lot of work to protect children and their platforms are child safe. It also seems that the companies are still making changes, probably in response to such scrutiny.
The reference to 'Shorts' on Youtube has been somewhat addressed as Youtube have changed a feature for managing shorts. You can now set the shorts setting to 0 mins whereas previously the minimum was 15 mins. Whether this was done as a result of the report or not it shows that small changes can have a significant impact.
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