Because Meta/Tiktok/others don’t effectively block them from their services, despite the illegality and knowing who is young and who isn’t, due to the insane amount of data they collect.
A Facebook exec a while ago literally said that kids are the best demographic to get hooked on your platform.
Why the fuck are kids on Meta services?
Instagram is still decently big among GenZ for still-photo content.
We mostly use it for stories, memes (including reels) and DMs
Source: I’m 13
And already part of the fediverse? Great!
Yup.
I post a bit too much on my plasmatrap account lol (@[email protected])
Gen z are mostly not children anymore. It’s Gen Alpha
No, Gen z covers people as young as 11 or 12, which is a good guess for “kids on Instagram”
Because Meta/Tiktok/others don’t effectively block them from their services, despite the illegality and knowing who is young and who isn’t, due to the insane amount of data they collect.
A Facebook exec a while ago literally said that kids are the best demographic to get hooked on your platform.