Fights, stabbings, child sex acts – the brutal footage vulnerable young people are viewing on Snapchat

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Graphic videos showing violent fights, stabbings, and sex acts involving children are being viewed by vulnerable young people on social media network Snapchat, new research has found.

Researchers spoke to 13 children living in deprived areas across the UK to try and understand what young people are seeing on social media and how it affects them.