Resources
- Resources for Parents
- After School
- 4Chan
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- 9GAG
- Amino
- Animal Jam
- Art of Glow
- Ask.fm
- Avakin Life
- Bee-bot
- BIGO LIVE
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- Boomerang
- Bumble
- Call of Duty
- Camsurf
- Challenges
- Crazy Shopping
- Cut the Rope
- Discord
- Disney+
- DoorDash
- Draw Car 3D
- Dubsmash
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- Duolingo
- Endless Reader
- Endless Spanish
- Endless Wordplay
- FaceApp
- Facebook Messenger
- Flickr
- Flipagram
- Fortnite: Battle Royale
- Gab
- Granny
- Grindr
- GroupMe
- Guns.io
- Hangouts
- Happy Color
- Hily Dating App
- Hinge
- Honey
- Hot or Not
- House Party
- Hunter Assassin
- Ice Scream: Horror Adventure
- Icing on the Cake
- Imvu
- Ink Inc.
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- Jodel
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- Khan Academy
- Kick the Buddy
- Kik
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- Lingokids
- lipsi
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- Mixer
- Movie Maker
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- Perfect Slices
- Periscope
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- Remind
- Roblox
- Run Race 3D
- Sarahah
- Skout
- Sky Roller
- Skype
- Smart GEN Society
- Snapchat
- Spotify
- Streamkar
- Subway Surfers
- Tantan
- tbh
- Team Snap
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- Tiles Hops: EDM Rush!
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- Tumblr
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- Yammer
WhatsApp 18+
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Privacy
Owned by Facebook and shares your payment information with their parent company.
Does not keep conversations on WhatsApp servers.
Follows COPPA Laws. You must be at least 13 years old to use WhatsApp.
Tracks location
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Safety
A false sense of security based upon "Anonymous" cloak
Offers live video streaming to virtual strangers
Allows direct messaging
Unable to be monitored
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Content
What WhatsApp says, "WhatsApp Messenger is a FREE messaging app available for iPhone and other smartphones."
What SGS says, "While this is a good service for your college-age teen studying abroad (WhatsApp offers free international calling and calling over wifi), if you are concerned your teen trying to make calls without you knowing - we would avoid this app."
Unmonitored live video streaming
Opportunity for exploitation, pornography, sexualization, objectification