"Nine/Fifteen/Sixteen/Twenty apps Parents Should Know About"

[Jim Burton]

Noticed this meme doing the rounds on social media and in local US news stories this summer.

A number of graphics have been created.

They justify intrusion into the affairs of young people by giving only surface knowledge of how apps work. In some cases, they stigmatize the activities of queer people.

It also strikes me that this campaign may as well be entitled "16 Apps MAPs should know about", because that is what they are essentially saying. These are the apps where you find and molest kids...

https://www.koaa.com/money/consumer/sma ... al-dangers

https://www.wmtv15news.com/content/news ... 28531.html

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/lo ... a/4285508/