Britain is considering detecting command hours for children in the use of social networks / day

The official said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph that he was watching the « TIKOK » attempt to limit the use of the app after 10pm users under 16 and exploring tools that parents could use to disable their children access to social networks at a certain time.

There is a growing concern in society about children’s dependence on social networks, which hinders them to observe normal sleep and adversely affects training.

Naked described the new rules as a big change, according to which parents can expect their children’s experience in social media. He added that he would not encourage the British media regulators « ofCom » to fully use its powers to punish social media companies for violations.

Last month, the online security law entered into force in the UK, which requires the platforms to comply with new practice codes determined by « OFCOM » in order to ensure the safety of users online.

The Internet Supervision Organization « Internet Watch Foundation » (IWF) recently reported that 291 273 reports of images with child sexual abuse were registered in 2024. The organization noted that the number of cases where threats were increased, including the content of sexual violence created by artificial intelligence and the abuse of nude photos or images of sexual nature.

IWF warned that young people under the age of 18 are currently facing the sexual exploitation crisis online.

In response, the IWF announced that smaller websites make an affordable new security tool for free to help them notice and prevent the spread of malicious use of materials on their platforms. With the « Image Intercept » tool, it is possible to notice and include images in the IWF database of more than 2.8 million images, which are digitally labeled as criminal images.

« Young people are increasingly facing online threats, where they are threatened by sexual exploitation and where images and videos of such use can spread as a wild fire. New threats, such as artificial intelligence ….

« There are no resources for many platforms with good intentions and responsibility to protect their sites against people who are deliberately uploading material with sexual violence against children. So we have started the initiative to help these operators create a safer online space by providing a free test service that will identify some criminal content. »