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The social media app Yubo is adding new safety features following news that the accused Uvalde gunman allegedly used it to send disturbing messages prior to the shooting.
Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) Representatives of the social media app Yubo said on Tuesday that the platform is adding new safety features and updating its usage guidelines following news that the accused Robb Elementary School gunman allegedly used the app to send disturbing messages that appear to have gone unnoticed in the days leading up to the deadly shooting. "The devastating events of 24 May in Uvalde, Texas, brought to light systemic issues in society that need to be addressed," Yubo CEO Sacha Lazimi said in a statement Tuesday. "In the days since, we have been working to accelerate safety developments in our pipeline and further expand the scope of existing safeguards across our platform." Yubo representatives said that since the Uvalde shooting, they have updated the app's risk-detection policy, enhanced its user-reporting capabilities and introduced audio-moderation technology for live streams that they say will
Yubo, a social media for teens that was reportedly used by the Uvalde school shooter, rolled out new safety features this week in response to the tragedy.