Teens as young as 13 exposed to pornographic content on Elon Musk's X: Study
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A study by the Centre for Countering Digital Hate found that children as young as 13 are being exposed to pornographic content on Elon Musk's social media platform X. The study revealed that the platform's content moderation and safeguards are not effective in preventing minors from accessing explicit material.
Researchers created test accounts for a 13-year-old boy and girl on X. They searched for terms like 'sex' and 'porn' to test content moderation. The results showed that 8 out of 10 searches resulted in posts classified as explicit under X's own policies. The study also found that about 30.5% of posts in the 'For You' feed featured explicit content. Adults could message the test accounts directly, despite safeguards intended to prevent unsolicited messages. A video showing a man masturbating on camera was sent to the account posing as a 13-year-old girl. The test accounts were able to join groups devoted to sharing sexual content and were exposed to posts endorsing pornographic websites.
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