He had a big chest tattoo and seemed friendly enough. He was shirtless and in bed with a joint and probably in his mid-twenties. As soon as the screen opened I could see he was not 17 years old. I was given a few options of people to be paired with and agreed on a pairing with a 17-year-old guy from the Netherlands.

After the 15 seconds you can chose to prolong the chat or switch to the DM facility on the app. The app takes users through its community rules which promotes user safety and a positive experience before pairing you up with random users from across the globe for a 15 second video chat. This can obviously be exploited the way I exploited it, by any creep and his dog. Monkey is relying on the accuracy of the age the person is entering into the platform when signing up. I posed as a 15-year-old girl and used the username MelCutie. I only needed my mobile number to log in and my age was not verified. The AppStore rated it as 12+, I would argue this is too young.

I liked the sound of this but decided to try it myself in order to give parents an unbiased review of the app. In our recent workshops a few of the girls mentioned that they were using a new app called Monkey to chat to other teenagers across the world.Īccording to the app’s creators, Monkey is: “The new hangout spot for Gen Z where genuine face-to-face conversations are being fostered, instead of chasing brief and shallow social exchanges like collecting likes on Instagram.” In our recent workshops a few of the girls mentioned that they were using a new app called Monkey to chat to other teenagers across… Read More

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