There are two weeks, Cindy Mouly launched the ” Gossip “, which would enable ” to upload gossip completely anonymously “ on Facebook contacts, registered names in a phone book or just friends.
Like respectively Snapchat and Twitter, posted gossip have a lifespan of no more than ten seconds and are limited to 140 characters. It is also possible to attach a photo or video. And while Gossip already knows some success (over 60,000 downloads recorded at present), schoolchildren unions raise their voices to denounce an evil purpose, as reported by Ouest-France .
Harassment: Gossip implementation accused of “harming others”
So the LDIFs (Independent and Democratic Federation schoolgirl) believes that “the objective of this platform n is not to play but to harm others “, asking at the same time ” immediate closing “. The President said for his part that Gossip “encourages harassment” , a phenomenon already “very serious and widespread” . Eliott Nouaille, president of the General Union of Students, emits a similar feeling: “We condemn this application, which must be prohibited.” He recalled that in the past, existed “pages’ spotted ‘on Facebook, dedicated to anonymous statements – sometimes declarations of love, but also coarse language -.. high school students of the same establishment Gossip But it is much more violent “
Temporary unavailability?
These contestatrices voice apparently obtained a first victory since it is now possible to download the application. Attempts indeed lead to the following message appears: “Following numerous reactions to ‘Gossip’, we decided to put off the application a few days time to set up a system moderation more elaborate “. And if we ignore the date of a possible return, the creator of Gossip envisages “a premium version” (thus charge) that would allow the “Access to gossip permanently”
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