{"id":345476,"date":"2026-05-21T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/youtube-and-tiktok-not-safe-enough-for-children-says-ofcom-report\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:00:06","slug":"youtube-and-tiktok-not-safe-enough-for-children-says-ofcom-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/youtube-and-tiktok-not-safe-enough-for-children-says-ofcom-report\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube and TikTok \u2018not safe enough\u2019 for children, says Ofcom report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/QgYtIHjTcz8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube and TikTok \u2018not safe enough\u2019 for children, says Ofcom report\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QgYtIHjTcz8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The communications watchdog has said that the content feeds of YouTube and TikTok are &#8216;not safe enough&#8217; for children.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Ofcom vowed to \u201cforce through\u201d more changes when it comes to online safety, saying that TikTok had failed to set out how they will make the content feeds safe that are pushed to children.<\/p>\n<p>The regulator said neither firm had \u201ccommitted to any significant changes in response to our specific demands\u201d.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The communications watchdog has said that the content feeds of YouTube and TikTok are &#8216;not safe enough&#8217; for children. 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