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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Margaret Davis

Half of adults who chat online with strangers do not check age – poll

PA Wire

Half of adults who have conversations with strangers online do not check how old they are, research suggests.

A survey of 2,558 people over the age of 16 for child protection charity the Lucy Faithfull Foundation found that a quarter of adults in the UK chat to people they do not know, with 55% not checking their age.

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