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Chats with strangers online may not be worth risk: Experts
The university chatbot service on Telegram created by Mr Aalden Tnay has more than 43,000 active users. PHOTO: REUTERS
Young people are using bots to match themselves with other anonymous users, hoping to make friends
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She simply wanted to make new friends and get to know other university students like herself anonymously on Telegram.
However, her first chat was with a male user who suggested that they exchange explicit pictures or engage in phone sex.
Ms Belinda Au, 20, was using a university chatbot service that matches two online users through an algorithm.