Skout Shuts Down Teen Community After Rape Allegations Surface
Skout, a location-based social networking app, is temporarily shutting down its “under 18” community, after three different rape allegations from member meet ups have surfaced. According to reports, adults posing as teens allegedly raped teenagers they met using the app.
The New York Times has the story: “…in each rape case, the men are accused of posing as teenagers in a Skout forum for 13- to 17-year-olds. In one case, a 15-year-old Ohio girl said she had been raped by a 37-year-old man.
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