Recent research highlights a significant increase in the volume of harmful content teens encounter daily:

Media content concerning abused teens often revolves around several recurring themes, though experts warn that these portrayals are frequently flawed: Peer pressure

: Approximately 70% of teenagers reported encountering real-life violent content online in the past year.

: TikTok (44% of users) and X (43% of users) report the highest proportions of teenage users exposed to real-life violence.