Kik steps up efforts to keep teen users safe

 This article is in the Bots Channel. View the high-resolution landscape.Kik took new steps today to detect illegal images — like child pornography — and protect young users of the messaging app.
Roughly 60 percent of Kik’s 300 million registered users are between the ages of 13 and 19.
“Some of the stuff that may seem commonsense to us [adults] isn’t intuitive for young teens on a social messaging app, so we want to make sure people have the tools th