USER SAFETY MEASURES FOR CHILDREN ARE THE X SCORED LOWEST LOWEST RATES.
Results revealed that all six systems had safety measures in place– such as group guidelines, material restraint, tools for users to control their own health and Singapore-based health resources. Nevertheless, some did not do as well for customer protection measures for kids, with , X scoring the lowest with two out of five items.
Despite claiming to have discovered and removed six parts of child sexual exploitation and abuse materials from Singapore, testing found” significantly more circumstances” during the same time period, according to the IMDA report.  ,
The media body needs to increase the effectiveness of its efforts to identify and remove child sex exploitation and abuse material, according to the media body.  ,
Additionally, the report found that the platform’s efforts to impose limitations on child access to adult sexual content failed. Tests showed that minors could easily find and access explicit material, including hardcore pornography, with simple search words.
Additionally, X took action on 54 % of user-agreed content, but only the remaining 46 % of that content when IMDA notified X directly.  ,
It also took 10 days on average to act on reported violations.  ,
” Specifically, X took an average of seven days to take action on sexual content, nine days for suicide and self-harm content, and between 10 to 20 days for other categories of harmful content”, IMDA said.  ,
Responding to the report’s findings, X said that it has “zero tolerance” towards material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation,  ,
Additionally, X asserted that it has measures in place to ensure that minors have a safe and secure experience on the platform and that users between the ages of 13 and 17 are more vulnerable.  ,  ,
HOW OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA SITES SCORED ,
YouTube and Facebook received four out of five and HardwareZone received two out of five for their child safety measures, while TikTok and Instagram received full marks for theirs.
According to the report,” HardwareZone did not have additional measures for children, such as accounts with more restrictive default settings and dedicated tools for parents or guardians to manage children’s safety,” according to the report.  ,
Although the site’s terms of service prohibit users under 18 years old from accessing the service, its age-gating measures were easily bypassed.  ,
While YouTube and Facebook performed surprisingly well, the report found instances where kids could access inappropriate content that violated their rules.