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While the vast majority of our community uses Skout appropriately, a few have not, and that is simply unacceptable, .
FORBES: Skout Shuts Down Teen Service After Rape Cases Alleged
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Today Skout shut down the section for 13- to 17-year-olds while it evaluates and changes its safety and security policies.
FORBES: Skout Shuts Down Teen Service After Rape Cases Alleged
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Skout is a mobile app that people can use to meet others, flirt, chat and send photos and virtual gifts to one another.
FORBES: Skout Shuts Down Teen Service After Rape Cases Alleged
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Before today, Skout had two sections of the service, one for adults ages 18 and older, and another for those ages 13 to 17.
FORBES: Skout Shuts Down Teen Service After Rape Cases Alleged
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We know how much teenagers value Skout, and we apologize for this disruption of service, but we hope they will understand that we are acting in the best interests of the community.
FORBES: Skout Shuts Down Teen Service After Rape Cases Alleged
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Mobile dating app Skout has shut down a portion of its service for 13- to 17-year-olds after three cases of alleged rape involving adults who had posed as teenagers on the service.
FORBES: Skout Shuts Down Teen Service After Rape Cases Alleged
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In the past two weeks, there have been three separate cases of alleged rape or sexual abuse by men who posed on Skout as teenagers to meet underage users, according to the New York Times.
FORBES: Skout Shuts Down Teen Service After Rape Cases Alleged