"Our Snap Kit partners agree not only to our privacy policy, but also our community guidelines which clearly lay out behaviour and content that isn’t tolerated on our platform. “It’s essential that the UK Government brings in an independent regulator that will have the powers to make tech companies consider the risks that their services present for children."Ī statement from Snap Inc, the company that owns Snapchat, said: "While Yolo is not owned or affiliated with Snap in any way, we believe that privacy and security are essential to honest self-expression and this philosophy is key to every product that we create. Snapchat should justify how this app meets their duty of care to children. The app is rated 12+, which some child safety groups think is too low.Īndy Burrows, the NSPCC’s associate head of Child Safety Online said: “Apps such as YOLO that allow anonymous comments could be easily misused to send abusive or upsetting messages. This can be sent to specific contacts, or shared more widely.īut children's charity the NSPCC said there are concerns that it can be easily misused to send abusive messages to others or by those looking to exploit young people. It works using the Snapchat login and you can add an 'ask me anything' or 'send me anonymous messages' sticker to your Snapchat story. Yolo - an acronym for 'you only live one' - has become the most downloaded iPhone app in the UK and America since it was launched earlier this month.
Parents are being warned about the rise of a new mobile phone application that lets people post anonymous questions.
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