Article 11G5B Anonymous messaging app Blindspot heavily criticised in Israel

Anonymous messaging app Blindspot heavily criticised in Israel

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Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem
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MPs, television pundits and young Israelis say new app will encourage online bullying

A new Israeli mobile app heralded as the "next big messaging application" is coming under fire amid allegations that it will encourage online bullying and sexual harassment.

Blindspot works by accessing a user's contacts, allowing them to send text messages, videos, or photos to anyone without the receiver knowing who the message came from. To read the message, a recipient needs to download Blindspot, but would not know who sent it. It has been developed by a company with a number of celebrity investors, including the singers Nicki Minaj and will.i.am and the Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich.

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