Children as young as 10 'loopholing' usage rules by being on TikTok, committee hears

Children as young as 10 'loopholing' usage rules by being on TikTok, committee hears

'No large-scale platform, at the size that we operating on, can realistically guarantee zero violations,' Susan Moss told the committee.

Parents are "scrambling" to keep up with the problems posed by social media, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

Fine Gael senator Evanne Ní Chúilín made the claim during a joint Oireachtas media committee hearing on online safety which saw representatives of Google, Meta, and TikTok give evidence about their companies' safety mechanisms.

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