By ALYSSA NEWCOMB, Good Morning America
High school gossip has evolved over the years from a few nasty words scrawled in magic marker on a bathroom wall to anonymous apps that smartphone-savvy students can check instantly. “Inadvertently, the people who developed these apps have created a digital bathroom stall for thousands of people to see,” John Dodig, principal of Staples High School in Westport, Conn., told ABCNews.com. The problem of hurtful words being transmitted over anonymous apps at Staples became such an issue that Dodig said his school received a “geo fence” from Yik Yak, a popular anonymous bulletin board app. The geo fence works by taking the school’s latitude and longitude and blocking the app on campus.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/secret-messaging-apps-make-high-school-nightmare/story?id=23597535
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