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Children's safety online

Statistics report about children's safety online

This report looks at children's safety online. It discusses how parents monitor their children in the age of technology, the types of harmful and exploitative content that social media platforms face, and the types of harmful content that children have seen. It also covers laws regarding online privacy and how children often fact-check information they encounter online.

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Table of contents

Overview

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  • Basic Statistic Common online safety features worldwide 2023
  • Basic Statistic Risk of exposure to online harm 2023, by country
  • Basic Statistic Worry of exposure to online harm 2023, by country
  • Basic Statistic Global teens experiencing online risks 2023, by online addiction level

Platforms

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  • Basic Statistic Facebook: CSAM content removal as of Q4 2025
  • Basic Statistic Instagram: CSAM content removal Q2 2019-Q4 2025
  • Basic Statistic X/Twitter: child safety enforcement actions H2 2024
  • Basic Statistic TikTok: distribution of videos removed worldwide Q1 2023, by reason
  • Basic Statistic TikTok: account removed 2020-2025, by reason
  • Basic Statistic Reddit: subreddit removal reasons H1 2025
  • Basic Statistic Reddit: content removed H1 2025, by violation
  • Premium Statistic Snapchat: share of reported content and accounts enforced H2 2025, by violation
  • Basic Statistic Discord: deleted servers H1 2024, by violation
  • Basic Statistic Reports by OnlyFans to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children 2021-2025
  • Basic Statistic Pornhub: potential CSAM content removed H1 2025, by source of removal

Harmful content

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  • Premium Statistic Children reading fake news online United Kingdom (UK) 2024
  • Premium Statistic Ways children fact-check social media news United Kingdom (UK) 2024, by age group
  • Basic Statistic TikTok "for you" videos with harmful content U.S. and Kenya 2023
  • Basic Statistic TikTok "for you" videos with mental health terms U.S. and Kenya 2023

Children and digital services in the UK

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  • Basic Statistic Possibility and likelihood of children using digital services and products UK 2024
  • Basic Statistic Awareness of companies of UK children using digital services 2024
  • Basic Statistic Most popular age assurance methods used by digital services companies UK 2024
  • Basic Statistic UK companies reasons for self-declaration as age-assurance method 2024
  • Basic Statistic Companies in the UK with age assurance methods 2024

Laws on children's online privacy

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  • Premium Statistic COPPA fines imposed against companies in the United States 2018-2025
  • Basic Statistic U.S. privacy laws with opt-in default based on age 2025
  • Basic Statistic Children data privacy laws 2025
  • Basic Statistic GDPR fines to social media companies for misuse of children's information 2023
  • Basic Statistic Number of changes by social media companies 2017-2024
  • Basic Statistic Number of changes by social media companies 2017-2024, by platform

Parental tracking

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  • Premium Statistic Parents in the U.S. tracking their children with selected tools 2024
  • Premium Statistic Parents in the U.S. discovering kids were disobeying thanks to online tracking 2024
  • Premium Statistic UK parents who monitor children's online activity with selected methods 2024
  • Basic Statistic UK parents who monitor children's smartphone activity with parental apps 2023, by age
  • Basic Statistic UK parents rules for kids using their mobile phones 2024

Parent's opinions in the U.S.

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  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults on social networks displaying health warnings 2024
  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults on harmfulness of social media usage for teens and kids 2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults on harmfulness of social media usage for teens and kids 2023, by age
  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults on social media and concern for children's mental health 2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults: responsibility for social media impact on children's mental health 2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults on child social media influencers exploitation 2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults on child influencers and exploitation 2023, by age group
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