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NSPCC | The UK children's charity's released, April 2017, a recent study reported on by the BBC. The study was supposed to target ineffective adult content filters on websites frequented by children and young adults.
Surprisingly , the study instead found out why people young and old love IMVU.
In the study, an 18-year-old boy who uses IMVU said he liked "getting to be myself".
"Picking how I look, and how I present myself to people. I enjoy talking to people that don't know me."
The report concludes that IMVU users are at "Medium Risk" of experiencing "sexual content".
This lovely rating far outstrips most of the other sites polled in the study. Yay for our sexy IMVU community!
The BBC also contacted IMVU for a response to the NSPCC's findings; no response has been reported.
Full results of the study can be found here: https://www.net-aware.org.uk/networks/imvu/
BBC News report: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39730361
Surprisingly , the study instead found out why people young and old love IMVU.
In the study, an 18-year-old boy who uses IMVU said he liked "getting to be myself".
"Picking how I look, and how I present myself to people. I enjoy talking to people that don't know me."
The main things that young people told us they liked about this site were:
Being able to express themselves and be creative
It’s fun
The social aspect
The report concludes that IMVU users are at "Medium Risk" of experiencing "sexual content".
This lovely rating far outstrips most of the other sites polled in the study. Yay for our sexy IMVU community!
The BBC also contacted IMVU for a response to the NSPCC's findings; no response has been reported.
Full results of the study can be found here: https://www.net-aware.org.uk/networks/imvu/
BBC News report: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39730361