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Anonymous Message App Yik Yak Tackles Cyberbullying

Amid increasing concerns over cyberbullying, anonymous messaging app Yik Yak is blocking younger users from accessing its application while on school grounds. “Anonymous communication platforms and the pre-teen-to-teenage brain are two things that don’t mix all that well,” TechCrunch writes. Yik Yak, for its part, “began to realize the severity of the problem as the app was banned at a number schools, and even became the subject of police investigations.”
 

 

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