Which is the Most Dangerous Social Media Platform?

Social media platforms are becoming more and more involved in the lives of people of all ages every day. Studies conducted on this subject years ago gave signals that some social media platforms were becoming dangerous. Now the most dangerous social media platform has been revealed. Let's look at the details together.

Which is the most dangerous social media platform?

According to the UK's National police data, in the period covering the years 2023-2024; 48% of child sexual contact cases occurred via Snapchat. A total of 7,062 cases of child sexual communication were recorded on Snapchat during 2023-2024. NSPCC emphasizes that Snapchat has serious deficiencies in protecting children and that the platform has become more attractive to abusers thanks to features such as disappearing messages. After these developments, the UK government aims to take more serious and strict measures against platforms such as Snapchat.

In response to this situation, a Snapchat representative stated in a statement to the BBC that they increased content control in order to protect young people and suspended accounts in cases of violations.