We've long debated the potential impact of social media on the mental health of youths. The problems are
bigger when dealing with anonymous social apps that could be abused for bullying, harassment, and any kind
of scam or dangerous challenge. Cyberbullying is dramatically adding the risk of self-murders among
youthful people. The condition of anonymity on social networks can advantage similar kinds of illegal
activities and online cybercrimes, such as sextortion and love scams.
Apps like NGL are nothing new, there was ask.fm, Whisper and Sarahah. But those apps were rife with cyberbulling. NGL says it’s different and has ‘world-class AI content moderation’ to prevent harassment. How effective do you think these in measures are to prevent bullying?
Similar apps like Ask.FM, Whisper, and Yolo were affected by cyberbullying. Despite NGL company is saying that its AI content moderation capability outstands I fear that it'll be not suitable to prevent harassment. We all know that tech mammoth like Facebook and Tik Tok daily fight this practice with the most advanced content moderation technologies, but they aren't able to completely check these phenomena.
Easily, I ’m a technician and I need to test the
platform to determine the effectiveness of the content temperance.
What’s the appeal of anonymous social
media apps?
Anonymous social media apps offer a condition of obscurity that's interpreted by youths as a
kind of impunity. If you're anonymous online you can do anything you want. It's the right place for haters and
people who vent their frustrations on others, frequently weaker.
youths aren't apprehensive of the pitfalls
associated with their conduct online and have no idea of the consequences of their online conditioning on
others. Cyberbullying and importunity aren't perceived as felonious conditioning by youthful people. What
should apps like NGL do to address safety and legal enterprises over their content? They've a unique option.
Ameliorate content temperance with the preface of AI- grounded systems that allow them to snappily descry
any abuse of their platform.
What’s the appeal of anonymous social media apps?
Anonymous social media apps offer a condition of anonymity that is interpreted by youngsters as a sort of immunity. If you are anonymous online you can do anything you want. It is the right place for haters and people who vent their frustrations on others, often weaker.
Youngsters are not aware of the risks associated with their actions online and have no idea of the consequences of their online activities on others.
Cyberbullying and harassment are not perceived as criminal activities by young people.
What should apps like NGL do to address safety and legal concerns over their content?
They have a unique option. Improve content moderation with the introduction of AI-based systems that allow them to quickly detect any abuse of their platform.
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