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3 Rape Cases Lead Flirting App to Ban Minors

Skout says it did its best to install safeguards

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 13, 2012 5:02 AM CDT

(Newser) – Location-based flirting app Skout has suspended its service for minors after the arrests of three men accused of raping young people they met by posing as teenagers. Execs at the company, which set up the service for 13- to 17-year-olds last year after discovering that...   Read full story »

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