Research involving almost 1,700 young people, published in the latest Net Aware guide, shows that four-fifths of them believe social media sites must do more to protect them from harmful content.
Net Aware is produced by the NSPCC (with support from O2) and is the UK’s only parent guide to 39 of the most popular social media sites, apps and games used by young people.
This year, Pokemon Go, Periscope, IMVU, and Live.ly are among the new apps to be featured on Net Aware, along with more well-known sites including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter.
The most risky social media sites, according to the young people in the research, were considered to be ASKfm, Omegie, IMVU and Facebook.
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