In its Regulating Video-Sharing Platforms report, Ofcom found that the terms and conditions of the platforms can take a long time to read – at nearly 16,000 words, OnlyFans had the longest terms of service, which would take the average adult user over an hour to read. This was followed by Twitch (27 minutes, 6,678 words), Snapchat (20 minutes, 4,903 words), TikTok (19 minutes, 4,773 words), Brand New Tube (10 minutes, 2,492 words) and BitChute (eight minutes, 2,017 words).

Ofcom calculated a ‘reading ease’ score for each platform’s terms of service. All but one was assessed as being “difficult to read and best understood by high-school graduates”.

Twitch’s terms were found to be the most difficult to read while TikTok was the only platform with terms of service likely to be understood by users without a high school or university education.

It was also found that Snapchat, TikTok and BitChute use ‘click wrap’ agreements – where platforms make acceptance...