Snapchat's Find Friends Feature Will Be Off By Default For UK Users Under 18
The platform is rolling out this change in the country starting this month.
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Snapchat is starting to roll out a change that will set its "Find Friends" feature to off by default in the UK for users under 18, according to the country's online safety watchdog, Ofcom. The feature, which Snap characterizes as its friend-finding tool, gleans info from users like age, location and existing friends and followers to make adding friends easier. Snap said the Find Friends feature is for "close and trusted real-life connections while prioritizing user safety," but Ofcom has previously accused the platform of not doing enough to protect minors.
"Given how widely Snapchat is used by UK children, this is an important and welcome improvement in child online safety," Oliver Griffiths, director for Ofcom's Online Safety Group, said in a press release. "It is also long overdue and we'll be holding...
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