A New Report Documents How Easily Children Can Access Graphic Images of the War

Media|A New Report Documents How Easily Children Can Access Graphic Images of the Warhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/business/media/children-israel-war-tiktok-instagram.htmlAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.On Instagram, Snapchat and Tiktok, researchers were able to find graphic posts, even with the apps’ sensitivity features turned on.A pair of Palestinians filming an Israeli strike on Gaza from the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City last week.Credit…Samar Abu Elouf for The New York TimesOct. 18, 2023Updated 3:24 p.m. ETViolent, distressing imagery related to the conflict between Hamas and Israel, including graphic posts showing dead children and adults, are easily accessible to young users on platforms such as Instagram, researchers have found.The Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a research group that studies online platforms, created accounts on Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat under the guise of British 13-year-olds. Within a 48-hour period from Oct. 14 through 16, the researchers said, they found more than 300 problematic posts. More than 78 percent of the posts were on Instagram, and about 5 percent were on Snapchat. The figures were released in a report on Wednesday.The researchers said they switched on Instagram’s Sensitive Content Control feature and
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