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Snapchat updates for teens acknowledged as improvement by UK online safety watchdog

By Frank Hersey ( June 26, 2024, 16:43 GMT | Insight) -- Snap’s latest measures to improve safety for teen users have been acknowledged as an improvement by the UK’s online safety regulator ahead of the Online Safety Act coming into effect. Yet do not completely meet expectations. Following increasing reports over sextortion, typically from West Africa, Snap will now start blocking friend requests from users in parts of the world “associated with scamming activity.”Snap’s latest measures to improve safety for teen users have been acknowledged as an improvement by the UK’s online safety regulator ahead of the Online Safety Act coming into effect. Yet do not completely meet expectations. Following increasing reports over sextortion, typically from West Africa, Snap will now start blocking friend requests from users in parts of the world “associated with scamming activity.”...

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