Expected Outcome Projects should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: Understand the changes wrought on democratic processes by new technologies. Produce evidence-based recommendations to address the opportunities and challenges for political behaviour and democratic engagement presented by social platforms and new media. Enhance capacities for digital citizenship. Scope Social media and other internet-based […]
Bypassing age verification measures on social media
An EU-backed study has shown how easy it is for children to bypass the mechanisms that the most popular apps use to verify their age: all they have to do is lie. The measures that popular social media apps use to verify age during the sign-up process are basically ineffective. According to research supported by […]