30 Jul 2024

Survey finds young people seeing more unwanted and harmful content online

From Nine To Noon, 9:20 am on 30 July 2024

Young people have told the chief censor they are seeing unwanted and harmful content around body image online.

And they say algorithms are making positive and reliable information harder to get.

The Classification Office and Netsafe commissioned research with young New Zealanders aged from 14 to 17 about their experiences with online content and body image.

Netsafe's chief executive Brent Carey and chief censor Caroline Flora join Kathryn.

lifestyle young man using a mobile phone with texting message on app smartphone, playing social network and shopping online

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