Commission opens child grooming and safety probe of Snapchat

 

Digital Services Act investigation will look into online child grooming risks and concerns over the sale of illegal goods to minors, the Commission said 

The Commission opened a Digital Services Act (DSA) investigation into social messaging platform Snapchat on Thursday, citing suspected grooming risks and other child safety concerns.

It said the probe would include a focus on whether the platform allows minors to be contacted by users with a harmful intent, including people who are seeking to sexually exploit children or recruit minors into criminal activities.

During a briefing with press, a senior Commission official said there was a concern that adults might be misstating their ages and posing as minors on Snapchat – linked to grooming risks. This was not a component of other age assurance investigations against TikTok or Meta, they said. (...)