Teens can see violent content ‘within 8 minutes’ of making a social media account

A charity compared social media feeds between children and adults (Picture: Getty Images)

Teens can encounter violence on social media apps within as little as eight minutes, experts have told Metro.

After posing as teenagers when signing up to Instagram and TikTok, researchers claim they stumbled upon

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