Social app Skout suspends teen community after rape allegations

#1 Macworld

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Posted 13 June 2012 - 08:34 AM

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#2 JScott

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Posted 13 June 2012 - 09:30 AM

“We actively monitor and screen to ensure that the two separate communities for users 18+ and for teen users are kept distinct and that behavior is age-appropriate,”

Apparently not.

#3 TxTom

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Posted 13 June 2012 - 01:13 PM

The internet is a dangerous place. Be a parent. Don't let the kids loose on the internet. Make sure you have their Facebook log-in. If they won't give it to you...get them off the web.

#4 gemmahentsch

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 12:24 AM

TxTom, on 13 June 2012 - 01:13 PM, said:

The internet is a dangerous place. Be a parent. Don't let the kids loose on the internet. Make sure you have their Facebook log-in. If they won't give it to you...get them off the web.

Yes because teens who are kept off various internet sites by well meaning parents never use their devious intellects to outwit any countermeasures...

Its not easy, and I'm probably going to be spending the next 15 years planning how my potential 10 year old child will be introduced to the big bad wide internet, but it will definitely prioritise much more about teaching street smarts (virtual and real world), than about wrapping them in cotton wool...