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Böse mitgespielt
(Foul play)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 21.8.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | childhood, game, law, pornography, sexting, threat
Summary | All children learn that they should beware of dangerous men on playgrounds but few parents include the same warning about digital playgrounds. Multiple cases are known in Germany where children were contacted by paedosexuals online through chat functions in online multi-player games and coaxed into sharing information, nude images, and meeting up resulting in sexual abuse.
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Im Gefühlsextremismus
(In the middle of emotional extremism)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 10.5.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | cyberbullying, pornography, privacy, sexting, social media, threat
Summary | Social media have messed with our sense of privacy. Celebrities can now address their fans from a seemingly private realm of self-orchestrated social media presence and regular people can become famous very quickly when they embarrass themselves enough on social media. Additionally, one can be made famous on social media by cyberbullies and previous partners by sharing "revenge porn" (nudes shared during a romantic relationship) after a breakup. The general tenor on all social media sites entails schadenfreude (rejoicing over other people's misfortune) - whether it be directed towards celebrities' faux-pas or normal people.
Image Description | The crying tears from laughter emoji.
Image Tags | emojis
KNUTSCH!
(SNOG!)
Newspaper | Stern
Date | 5.1.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | sexting
Summary | Sometimes, emojis are not enough so now a "kissenger" has been invented. It is a device one can kiss, that saves and sends the specific movements and vibrations to a receiver. So far there are only a few prototypes but the masses of people in long-distance relationships should keep the demand high.
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Wieder bei Stimme
(Again with voice)
Newspaper | Frankfurter Neue Presse
Date | 12.1.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, sexting
Summary | The human voice has become quite disenfranchised in this age where most communication happens in writing and emojis serve for emotional cues. Many people feel uncomfortable talking on the phone because it seems weird because we are no longer used to it. A new dating app called whispar encourages users to use their voice and enables them to upload voice recordings because they carry a lot of sexual/romantic force.
Image Description | Photograph of the author.
Image Tags | female(s)
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