App service stopped after sex assault reports
The makers of a mobile app have shut part of it down after reports that at least three child sexual assaults were set up through the service, including one in Wisconsin.By: The Associated Press, Superior Telegram
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The makers of a mobile app have shut part of it down after reports that at least three child sexual assaults were set up through the service, including one in Wisconsin.
The founder of San Francisco-based Skout.com, Christian Wiklund, announced Tuesday the company had temporarily suspended its under-18 community. The app is for flirting and dating.
Wiklund says in a blog post the site was intended for adults but it was attracting younger users so they launched the service for those under 18 about a year ago with stringent security safeguards.
In Milwaukee County, a 21-year-old Waukesha man, Daniel Schmidt, was charged June 5 with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy he met via Skout.com.
His attorney, Jonathan LaVoy, had no comment when reached by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Information from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, http://www.jsonline.com
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