Secondary students regularly see ‘toxic’ content on social media, survey finds

A large proportion of secondary school students see “toxic” content on their social media feeds which they consider offensive to women, homophobic or racist on a weekly basis, a survey has found.

Overall, it found that more than three-quarters of teenagers are worried they are using their phones too frequently. While TikTok ranked fourth in terms of popularity, it accounted for the most screen time among users with four out of five users reporting spending at least an hour on the platform daily, with many logging usage far in excess of this.

In addition, six in 10 are seeing the promotion of dental procedures such as veneers and composite bonding on their social media once a month, while almost a third see ads for tanning injections.I visited Singapore to see why it is ranked as the top education system in the world. Here’s what I learned

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