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TikTok, Instagram ‘gaming’ UK Online Safety Act on reporting functions, group says

( August 19, 2025, 00:01 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: TikTok and Instagram are “gaming” their duties under the Online Safety Act by including reporting functionality that allows child users to validate as well as reject harmful content as required, according to a report by the Molly Rose Foundation. The suicide prevention group has published benchmarking of the two social media platforms as of March 2025 to demonstrate any future impact the act’s implementation has. It demonstrates that the reporting feature allows users to show that they want more harmful content as well as less.Statement follows, report attached:...

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