{"id":408458,"date":"2022-02-22T03:44:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T00:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tinder-for-teens-contains-sexual-harassment-racism-report\/"},"modified":"2022-02-22T03:44:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T00:44:54","slug":"tinder-for-teens-contains-sexual-harassment-racism-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tinder-for-teens-contains-sexual-harassment-racism-report\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Tinder for teens&#8217; contains sexual harassment, racism: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;Tinder for teens&#8217; contains sexual harassment, racism: report<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A popular teen dating <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> named Yubo has come under fire after an investigation found it to be a cesspool of sexual harassment, racism and other sordid activities. <\/p>\n<p>The app, which is available in both the US and the UK, has been dubbed \u201cTinder for Teens.\u201d It invites teens as young as 13 to match with potential dates and even interact with about 100 other teenagers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I have heard about this site is sickening,\u201d Chris Philp, Britain\u2019s minister for tech and the digital economy, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/sex-abuse-and-racism-rife-on-tinder-for-teens-used-by-millions-of-british-children-23vvtjwdz\">told the Times<\/a> of the Paris-based hookup app, which boasts 3.6 million users in the UK alone.<\/p>\n<p>The teen-targeting network sparked outrage among teachers in the UK, who sent parents a letter cautioning \u201cdue to the nature of this app, your child may come across content that is not appropriate to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Times reporter spent 10 days posing as a 15-year-old on Yubo, which she noted didn\u2019t require an age verification.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/yubo-app-sex-abuse-racism-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Yubo has been called &quot;Tinder for Teens,&quot; and includes troubling content.\" class=\"wp-image-21287742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/yubo-app-sex-abuse-racism-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/yubo-app-sex-abuse-racism-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/yubo-app-sex-abuse-racism-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Yubo has been called \u201cTinder for Teens,\u201d and includes troubling content.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During her \u201cTo Catch A Predator\u201d-esque investigation, the incognito <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>hound claimed that users would frequently proposition her and ask for nude pics. Meanwhile, a 16-year-old black male was reportedly told by a potential user that they\u2019d let him \u201cpick my cotton any day,\u201d according to the Times.<\/p>\n<p>Drug use \u2014 an allegedly banned topic on the site \u2014 also came up during in the online discussions, which frequently took place while the teens were doing their homework or even finishing school, per the Times. The undercover reporter recounted overhearing on a livestream chat one man telling a 15-year-old girl about acid and ketamine and asking if she\u2019d \u201cdo a line off my [erection]?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And unfortunately, the damage the app caused wasn\u2019t just verbal, as in many cases, adults join the site. Just last week, a UK man was arrested and charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl that he\u2019d reportedly met hours earlier on Yubo.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Ian Critchley, who oversees child protection for the UK\u2019s National Police Chiefs\u2019 Council, accused Yubo of boasting lax digital security standards that allow users to \u201ccommit some of the most abhorrent acts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese platforms are multimillion-pound companies,\u201d he said, fuming. \u201cThey take large profits and they have the moral and legal responsibility to make sure the communities they have created are safe communities. There is much more they can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to the Times, Yubo maintained that it boasts an arsenal of safety features and a team of moderators to \u201csafeguard our users at every stage of their journey within the app.\u201d The company did not respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment. <\/p>\n<p>Yubo isn\u2019t the first platform to get accused of being a haven for exploitation. In 2020, a bombshell New York Times expos\u00e9 revealed that the popular porn site Pornhub hosted disturbing videos depicting rape, child sexual abuse and other heinous acts.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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