Tuesday 30 August 2016

Elite private girls’ school bans app Musical.ly over fears videos of young pupils imitating ‘sexualised dance moves’ will be used to track them

Roslyn Mahony, the head of Wenona, and Beth Oakley, Dean of Students, warned girls in year 4, 5 and 6 were imitating the raunchy routines in pop music videos.

‘When the celebrities whose music they enjoy present their songs with highly sexualised dance moves, these performance styles are then imitated as girls create their own music videos through the app,’ the letter reads.

‘A number of girls have been singing and dancing and uploading performances in school uniform, which introduces numerous other potential risks.’

Students have been asked to remove the app from their phone if they do not meet the age requirement of being 13 years old. For the full article click here 



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