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Risiko Schmollmund

(Risky pout)

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Newspaper | Sonntagszeitung
Date | 10.7.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | threat, youth
Summary | The new app on the rise according to Swiss app store sales is Musical.ly. It enables users to lip-synch or dance to 15-second tracks and upload their videos to a public platform. Psychologists and health professionals are worried about the seductive and erotic self-displays many of the users, teenage girls, upload to the platform. The app is more popular with teenage girls and uploads are frequently styled with heavy makeup and seductive body language, albeit without nudity. The app can become a convenient, legal erotic platform for pedophiles.
Image Description | Photograph of a teenage girl posing with a Hello Kitty smartphone and wearing several colorful earphones.
Image Tags | female(s), smartphone

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