The NGL app is flooding Instagram with anonymous questions, but its success is reminiscent of past cases of cyberbullying.

Robert Cantero

If you read us regularly, you may be tired of repeating this thought to the point of disgust, but we will never tire of repeating that technology should be used for solve problems not create new ones. Use social networks per intimidate to other people, instead of using them for learning, meetings and communication, is one of the the evil we face daily. From Urban Tecno, we’ve already shown you apps like Ciberlarma that allow you to detect cyberbullying and explained what you can do in case of online harassment. now alone innocent application It seems that Follow the steps others who are in forgot or were forbidden.

The popularity of the anonymous quiz app and growing concerns about how it is being used

Initially, and if you look at the information on the NGL website, it seems that this Appendix it’s just one funny and curious way publish new kind of stories in Instagram and open the door so that any user, not knowing who it is, can send you questions anonymously. answers they will arrive at NGL Application and even these can be published in your stories along with a comment. Fun and simple, but always with the option to return to the baiting field, unfortunately.

According to NBC News, responsible company application guarantees the availability internal mechanisms per filter hateful or inappropriate messageseven using artificial intelligence, a term that seems to be used loosely in recent times. However, from NBC they managed to check how Messages like “everyone hates you” or “you’re fat” pass the filter and although they end up being flagged as unacceptable expressions, do not disable user who sends them.

In spite of no complaints cases cyberbullying using This applicationwho has brutal success around the world, we cannot forget how these types of applications were used in pastwhen girl It’s over committing suicide after seeing him pursued for applications like Yolo or LMKwhat ended up being forbidden on social networks like Snapchat. anonymity on the internet should never be clearly visible, since no one walks down the street in a balaclava, with which network should not be in place where hide your identity. Have fun online, but never use your devices to cause trouble for other people.