Teens-only Facebook app jitters
23 August 2016 - 02:00
Facebook has launched an app exclusively for 21-year-olds and under. Lifestage, which is at present available to iPhone users in the US, encourages its users to create short biographical video clips.It is separate from Facebook itself. Videos are not shown to Facebook friends but to other users of the app who attend local high schools.The app has, however, sparked privacy concerns: there is no age verification, anybody can claim to be from a local school, and there are no settings to control who sees your videos. ..
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