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Apr 30, 2015 · Internet Safety Speaker for Schools, Jesse Weinberger, talks about the risks involved in kids using Meerkat, Periscope, Flinch, ooVoo, and other live-streaming and video conferencing apps.
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- OvernightGeek University
Jun 8, 2015 · The newest crop of share-everything-about-your-life apps available for the iPad include the wildly popular Periscope, and the less talked about but still potentially kid-unfriendly apps Meerkat and YouNow. These apps allow users to video stream in real time, and watchers can comment without content filters.
May 12, 2015 · Periscope, Meerkat, and YouNow are three live-streaming apps that allow live-streaming on platforms with built-in user communities. All three are slowly but surely catching on with teens. This new technology is just about the coolest thing since the smartphone.
- Toni Birdsong
- How Does Live Video Streaming Work?
- What Are The Risks to Live Video Streaming?
- What Is The Verdict For Kids?
The new live video streaming apps such as Persicope and Meerkat, allow uses to film themselves anywhere at anytime and choose an audience, or not, to view their live video. Those watching, then have the ability to ask questions to the videographer which in turn appear on the screen and can be answered almost instantaneously. Some video can be shown...
Obviously if we are seeing things in real time there is always the chance that you will be watching unregulated and completely inappropriate material. Whilst most sites have terms fo service to prevent pornography etc, one doesn’t need to search very hard to stumble upon questionable material. So whilst it is possible to block certain accounts, we ...
There are some real benefits to this type of viewing. We may be taken on a live tour of the Louvre, watch feeding time in an African safari park, or engage in a question and answer session with a favourite celebrity, quiz an expert in any field or question the motives of our local politician. We may also watch people sleep (yes it happens), view po...
Mar 27, 2017 · Instead of texting, they send an emoji. And now, with apps designed for social video-chatting and live video-streaming, kids don't have to settle for sending static images and words. They can watch, create, and share video -- preferably live video.
- Christine Elgersma
Mar 27, 2015 · Live streaming is now back in vogue with the growing popularity of Meerkat (free) and of Twitter's Periscope (free). Both apps let you watch live video streams or broadcast your own...
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What is Periscope app?
Live Streaming Periscope app doesn’t allow time for regulation of any posted material. It merely streams the live, exposing kids to view of inappropriate content.
