Overview

• Ofcom said it will assess the research under the Online Safety Act’s child-safety requirements.
• Global Witness created seven UK accounts registered as age 13 on clean phones with restricted mode enabled and received sexualised search prompts.
• Suggested terms escalated to pornography, with some accounts reaching explicit videos in as few as two clicks via search and recommendation features.
• Two videos appearing to feature someone under 16 were referred to the Internet Watch Foundation for potential child sexual abuse material.
• TikTok said it removed the flagged content and improved its search suggestions, citing numerous teen-safety tools and rapid takedown rates.