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What is Squad?

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It's a free social-networking app that lets
users make video calls and share content through

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live screen-sharing.

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With Squad, users can video chat with up to
six friends while simultaneously screen-sharing

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what's on their phones instead of showing their faces.

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It's this functionality that's making the
app popular with teens.

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They can browse websites or online stores together, share fun memes, and check out each others' DMs.

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As cool as it sounds, though, there are a
few things to be aware of.

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For starters, while this app asks for access
to your contacts, it's possible to perform

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random searches and invite whoever pops up
in the search, strangers included.

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So if kids accept such random invites, there's
no way of knowing what sort of chat, video,

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or web content they'll be exposed to.

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To check out our full review of Squad, visit
us at commonsensemedia.org.