The State Security Department and the army are warning residents and parents about the recruitment of children and teenagers taking place online. There is also talk of possible radicalization. According to the services, this is the work of the intelligence agencies of hostile states, operating not only on the popular platform TikTok, but also in computer games. What is the goal of such recruitment, and how extensive could these cases be?
How much time does Vilnius’s younger generation spend on social media — and what do they do there?
“I just scroll TikTok. Three or four hours,” said the teenager.
Four hours is by no means the limit.
“The study shows that children and primary school pupils spend as much as 12 hours a day,” said Vilūnė Kairienė, Data Strategist at Mediaskopas.
