A survey of around 21,000 young people by the UN’s agency for children, UNICEF, has found that online sexual abuse of minors is on the rise.

The internet is not a safe place for unsupervised children and young people — by now, that’s common knowledge.

Social media platforms are adept at tweaking their algorithms to ensure users of any age remain on their sites. To do that, they often disseminate content that can be dangerous and upsetting for young people.

Studies regularly find a connection between what’s known as doomscrolling and a higher risk of psychological problems in the young, including suicidal thoughts. And some of the latest trends in video creation on platforms like TikTok directly endanger the safety of users.