Children's Online User Ages Quantitative Research Study
Jo Stephenson
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Children and young people can get around age restrictions on social media apps and websites, increasing the risk of them coming to harm online. To understand the extent to which children are bypassing age checks, UK communications regulator Ofcom commissioned research to get an idea of how many children have online profiles that make them appear older than they actually are.
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