Harmful Apps

Telegram is a popular free messaging app used by hundreds of millions of users worldwide. It’s similar in look and feel to WhatsApp, which, in turn, is pretty similar to a phone’s native texting and calling app. Telegram goes a step further, though, and adds the group chat functionality of apps like Discord or GroupMe — you can join enormous groups of people of up to 200,000 users.

Just when you thought Snapchat couldn’t get any more dangerous for kids, along comes the Sendit app! Sendit is an add-on app for Snapchat that lets users ask questions and get anonymous answers, as well as play augmented reality games.

Described as “Tinder meets Snapchat,” Hoop is a friendship and dating app for young people. If that sets off your parenting spidey sense, you’re definitely on the right track. The app allows kids as young as 12 to form connections with total strangers

Known as "the front page of the internet," Reddit is a popular message board that features a vast amount of content for users to read, contribute to, and share with other people. Reddit is one of the most popular websites in the U.S., and has millions of users.

Rated for 17+, Die With Me ranks among other dangerous apps like Omegle and Kik because it connects users anonymously to strangers from around the world.

What is IMVU? To start, it stands for “In My Virtual Universe.” It’s not a game, but rather a collection of “chat rooms” that you visit with 3-D avatars you create.

Here’s how to quickly picture what Amino is: Imagine an app that was nothing but Facebook groups. No timelines, no memories, no photo albums — just posts, comments, direct messages, and chat rooms.

Snapchat, the teen-favorite messaging app that popularized the idea of “disappearing messages'' has been one of the most popular social media platforms for nearly a decade.