A recent report has raised concerns about the effectiveness of social media child safety features. Researchers found that more than half of these protections do not work as intended. The social media giants have long promoted their safety tools as a way to prioritize young users' wellbeing.

However, the new research suggests that these tools are not living up to their promises. Further details about the research and its findings are available from the source, including the methods used by the Cybersafety Research Center to test the safety features of 86 youth-safe products.