• IS SIMILAR TO THE POPULAR DATING APP

“TINDER,” HOWEVER IT REQUIRES WOMEN TO

MAKE THE FIRST CONTACT.

• KIDS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO USE BUMBLE TO

CREATE FAKE ACCOUNTS AND FALSIFY THEIR

AGE.

• WHEN TWO PEOPLE SWIPE RIGHT ON EACH

OTHER ON BUMBLE, THEY MATCH. THAT MEANS

THEY’RE ABLE TO START MESSAGING EACH

OTHER INSIDE THE BUMBLE APP.

LIVE.ME IS CALLED ONE OF THE TOP BROADCASTING APPS WHERE USERS ARE ABLE TO

MEET STARS, BECOME STARS, GROW A FAN BASE, MEET FRIENDS, DATE, PLAY GAMES,

AND SEND VIRTUAL GIFTS IN ORDER TO CATCH BROADCASTER’S ATTENTION. GETTING

NOTICED IS A DRIVING FACTOR BEHIND THIS APP.

WHAT DO PARENTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE LIVE.ME APP:

ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR: THERE IS CONSTANT NEED TO BE GLUED TO YOUR SCREEN

EITHER VIEWING BROADCASTS OR SHOOTING VIDEOS.

SELF-ESTEEM CRUSHING: USERS CAN GET A FALSE SENSE OF POPULARITY BY HOW

MANY VIEWS THEIR LIVE BROADCAST RECEIVES.

SEXUAL IMAGES AND VIDEOS ARE READILY AVAILABLE: THE POINT OF DOING THESE

LIVE BROADCASTS IS TO GAIN AS MANY VIEWS AND FOLLOWERS AS POSSIBLE. SO

SOMETIMES THE RISKIER THE BEHAVIOR, THE HIGHER THE “ENTERTAINMENT” VALUE.

THIS IS USER CONTROLLED CONTENT AND IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IT, PORN IS

FINDABLE.

LIVE.ME APP

• ASK.FM IS THE ANONYMOUS CONTENT AND THAT THERE IS

NO MONITORING BY ASK.FM. SINCE THE SITE IS ALLOWS

FOR ANONYMOUS, UNMONITORED CONTENT, IT IS

INCREASINGLY BEING USED FOR CYBERBULLYING,

SEXUALIZED CONTENT, AND OTHER ABUSES.

• IF A USER IS BLOCKED THAT PERSON CAN STILL ACCESS

YOUR PROFILE AND VIEW OTHER INTERACTIONS.

• IF YOU MOVE YOUR MOUSE OVER A POST ON A PROFILE,

THERE IS AN OPTION TO CLICK ON A DROP DOWN ARROW

WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO REPORT A POST FOR FOUR

DIFFERENT REASONS: SPAM OR SCAM, HATE SPEECH,

VIOLENCE, AND PORNOGRAPHIC CONTENT.

• HOLLA IS A FREE, LIVE VIDEO STREAMING APP THAT RANDOMLY MATCHES PEOPLE IN

VIDEO CHATS ACROSS THE GLOBE. THINK PRANK CALLING AND PARTY LINES FOR

THE VIRTUAL AGE, AND THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP THE HOLLA APP.

• THIS APP, ALLOWS THE USER TO MEET NEW PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD

OVER VIDEO CHAT FOR A DESIGNATED AMOUNT OF TIME.

• THE APP’S ABILITY TO STAY CONNECTED AS ‘FRIENDS’ ALLOWS SEX TRAFFICKERS TO

USE THIS APP TO LURE IN YOUNG GIRLS.

• THE APP, HOWEVER, HAS NO AGE VERIFICATION METHODS SO A NINE YEAR-OLD (WHO

IS LYING ABOUT THEIR AGE) COULD EASILY BE CONNECTED WITH A 35 YEAR-OLD.

FRANKLY, EVEN A THIRTEEN YEAR-OLD GIRL CONNECTED WITH AN EIGHTEEN YEAR-

OLD BOY COULD DELIVER RISKY CONTENT.

• ACCORDING TO HOLLA THEMSELVES, THE APP IS SO ADDICTING BECAUSE: REAL

PEOPLE – ALL USERS ARE 100% REAL, AND TIME IS $, MATCH IN SECONDS, AND IT’S

FREE!

• THE APP IS RATED 17+ BY BOTH ITUNES AND GOOGLE PLAY AND RIGHTLY SO. THIS IS

UNNECESSARILY INVITING PREDATORS DIRECTLY INTO YOUR HOME AND CHILD’S

LIFE.

• THE SECRET CALCULATOR APP LOOKS LIKE AN INNOCENT

CALCULATOR APP ON YOUR CHILD’S IPHONE OR ANDROID

DEVICE. ACTUALLY, THIS APP IS USED TO HIDE FILES, PHOTOS

AND VIDEOS.

• THIS APP IS POPULAR BECAUSE IT HELPS ANYONE TO HIDE

IMAGES, SEXTING PHOTOS, AND FILES IN A FOLDER THAT CAN

NEVER BE FOUND.

• THIS APP ACTS LIKE A PHOTO VAULT TO STORE ALL PASSWORD

PROTECTED FILES, AND CAN ONLY BE VIEWED INSIDE THE APP.

• IT IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE APPS TO HIDE PHOTOS AND

VIDEOS.

CALCULATOR APP%

SNAP CHAT

• ACCORDING TO SNAPCHAT, THE AVERAGE USER IS BETWEEN 12 AND 34

YEARS-OLD.

• THIS APP IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR APPS OF 2018.

• WHILE THE APP PROMISES USERS CAN TAKE A PHOTO/VIDEO AND IT WILL

DISAPPEAR, RECENT FEATURES INCLUDING “STORIES” ALLOWS USERS

TO VIEW CONTENT FOR UP TO 24 HOURS. AND BECAUSE CONTENT

DISAPPEARS SO QUICKLY, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO UPLOAD CONTENT DAILY.

• SNAPCHAT ALSO ALLOWS USERS TO SEE YOUR LOCATION.

• KIK ALLOWS ANYONE TO CONTACT AND DIRECT MESSAGE TO

YOUR CHILD. KIDS CAN BYPASS TRADITIONAL TEXT MESSAGING

FEATURES. KIK GIVES USERS UNLIMITED ACCESS TO ANYONE,

ANYWHERE, ANYTIME.

• KIK MESSENGER IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS MESSAGING APP

AVAILABLE OVER IOS, WINDOWS AND ANDROID PLATFORM. THERE

ARE MORE THAN 900 MILLIONS USER OF THE CANADIAN

CHATTING APP AROUND THE WORLD.

• MANY PARENTS COMPLAINED INCIDENTS OF CHILD EXPLOITATION

WITH THE APP.

• CHILD EXPERTS CALL THE APP AND THE APP WITH ANONYMITY

FEATURE UNSAFE FOR CHILD AS THEY ARE PRONE TO BAD

GANGS OR FRIENDS.

WHISPER APP• THE WHISPER APP HAS BEEN CONNECTED TO SEVERAL CRIMES INVOLVING

SEXUAL PREDATORS. IN 2018, A PENNSYLVANIA MAN WAS CHARGED WITH

ALLEGEDLY TARGETING A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL ON WHISPER, THEN RAPING HER.

JUST A MONTH LATER, A MAN IN ALABAMA WAS CHARGED WITH SENDING LEWD

PHOTOGRAPHS TO MINORS THROUGH THE APP.

• WHISPER ALLOWS USERS TO POST QUESTIONS, STATEMENTS AND

CONFESSIONS TO THE PUBLIC AS TEXT OR PICTURES AND ALSO SEND PRIVATE

MESSAGES TO OTHER USERS IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PROVIDING ONE’S

TRUE IDENTITY IS OPTIONAL. PUBLIC POSTS ARE KNOWN AS WHISPERS AND

ARE MADE PUBLIC SO THAT OTHER USERS CAN FREELY LEAVE A MESSAGE

(PUBLIC OR PRIVATE) ON THE POST AND LIKE OR COMMENT ON A POST OR

IMAGE. IT’S AN ONLINE VIRTUAL SPACE THAT IS SIMILAR TO A WALL COVERED

IN GRAFFITI.

• WHISPER GIVES USERS THE ABILITY TO SPEAK THEIR MIND IN THE FORM OF A

SHORT BURST OF TEXT ON TOP OF A PHOTO OR SIMPLE TEXT WITHOUT A

PHOTO.

HOT OR NOT APP

• CURRENTLY, HOT OR NOT HAS 384 MILLION USERS

WORLDWIDE.

• ENCOURAGES USERS TO RATE YOUR PROFILE, CHECK

OUT PEOPLE IN THEIR AREA AND CHAT WITH STRANGERS.

THE GOAL OF THIS APP IS TO HOOK UP.