Table 2.
Scoring the most popular social media apps.
| Platform or app | Minimum age or age verification | Parental consent | Possibility to request deletion of the account | Parent portal or community guidelines | Total score |
| Age restriction and implemented age verification present | Consent by user | Yes | Parent portal present | 3 | |
| YouTube | Age restriction and implemented age verification present | Consent by parents | Yes | Parent portal present | 4 |
| Age restriction and implemented age verification present | Consent by parents | No | No parent portal | 2 | |
| Age restriction and implemented age verification present | Consent by user | Yes | Parent portal present | 3 | |
| TikTok | No age restriction or no age verification present | Consent by parents | No | No parent portal | 1 |
| No age restriction or no age verification present | Consent by user | Yes | No parent portal | 1 | |
| Skype | Age restriction and implemented age verification present | Consent by parents | No | No parent portal | 2 |
| Snapchat | Age restriction and implemented age verification present | Consent by user | Yes | Parent portal present | 3 |
| Age restriction and implemented age verification present | Consent by parents | Yes | Parent portal present | 4 | |
| LINE | Age restriction and implemented age verification present | Consent by user | No | No parent portal | 1 |