Alief ISD warning parents about role-playing app they say could attract sex predators
The role-playing app called Party in my Dorm targets teens and could attract sexual predators, according to the school district. Author: Jason Miles Updated: 4:41 PM CDT May 10, 2021
HOUSTON Hastings High School student Diana Santibanez said unsolicited messages on apps are a constant concern.
“I’ve gotten tons of them,” Santibanez said.
She tries to stop whenever they pop up.
“I block them and I report them immediately to the social media page or the administrators,” she said.
She wasn t aware that Party In My Dorm,” a role-playing app marketed to teens, was something that the Alief Independent School District is now warning families about. The district posted a message from the superintendent over the weekend in which he states the app may attract child sex predators.
Alief ISD warns parents of app being ‘used by child sex predators’
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HOUSTON – The Alief Independent School District has put out a letter to parents warning them about an app called, “Party in My Dorm.”
Superintendent HD Chambers wrote the app is “being used by child sex predators,” according to the letter. He also wrote that while the app is intended for teens, “we have been made aware that it is being used to target and “friend” children by strangers who may cause them harm.”
The letter did not provide details on how the district became aware of the app or say whether the letter was prompted by any specific incident. The letter is dated May 7 and is posted on the district’s social media.
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