FILE PHOTO: A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed Snapchat logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's data regulator is gathering information on Snapchat to establish whether the U.S. instant messaging app is doing enough to remove underage users from its platform, two people familiar with the matter said.
Reuters reported exclusively in March that Snapchat owner Snap Inc had only removed a few dozen children aged under-13 from its platform in Britain last year, while UK media regulator Ofcom estimates it has thousands of underage users.
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