Kids Using Social Media

Instagrams current policyforbids anyone under the age of 13 from using the service.

and Instagram has the opportunity to build on privacy in this reported new platform.

Children aged 9-11 dominated the results.

A child on a school bus looking at social media on a smartphone.

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Experts say this specific group is significant to consider when thinking about creating separate social platforms for kids.

There already are kid-focused social media platforms, such as YouTube Kids and Facebook Messenger Kids.

“The internet removes the barriers for these kinds of kids to participate in social interaction.”

A middle-school-aged tween posting on social media.

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Ito said its important to focus on connection rather than control when it comes to kids and social media.