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   CNN - Salvador Ramos told girls he would rape them, showed off a   
   rifle he bought, and threatened to shoot up schools in   
   livestreams on the social media app Yubo, according to several   
   users who witnessed the threats in recent weeks.   
      
   But those users – all teens – told CNN that they didn’t take him   
   seriously until they saw the news that Ramos had gunned down 19   
   children and two adults at an elementary school in Uvalde,   
   Texas, this week.   
      
   Three users said they witnessed Ramos threaten to commit sexual   
   violence or carry out school shootings on Yubo, an app that is   
   used by tens of millions of young people around the world.   
      
   The users all said they reported Ramos’ account to Yubo over the   
   threats. But it appeared, they said, that Ramos was able to   
   maintain a presence on the platform. CNN reviewed one Yubo   
   direct message in which Ramos allegedly sent a user the $2,000   
   receipt for his online gun purchase from a Georgia-based firearm   
   manufacturer.   
      
   “Guns are boring,” the user responded. “No,” Ramos apparently   
   replied.   
      
   In a statement to CNN, a Yubo spokesperson said “we are deeply   
   saddened by this unspeakable loss and are fully cooperating with   
   law enforcement on their investigation.” Yubo takes user safety   
   seriously and is “investigating an account that has since been   
   banned from the platform,” the spokesperson said, but declined   
   to release any specific information about Ramos’ account.   
      
   Use of Yubo skyrocketed during the coronavirus pandemic, as   
   teens trapped indoors turned to the app for a semblance of in-   
   person interactions. The company says it has 60 million users   
   around the world – 99% of whom are 25 and younger – and has   
   trumpeted safety features including “second-by-second”   
   monitoring of livestreams using artificial intelligence and   
   human moderators.   
      
   Despite those safety features, the users who spoke to CNN said   
   Ramos made personal and graphic threats. During one livestream,   
   Amanda Robbins, 19, said Ramos verbally threatened to break down   
   her door and rape and murder her after she rebuffed his sexual   
   advances. She said she witnessed Ramos threaten other girls with   
   similar “acts of sexual assault and violence.”   
      
   Robbins, who said she lives in California and only ever   
   interacted with Ramos online, told CNN she reported him to Yubo   
   several times and blocked his account, but continued seeing him   
   in livestreams making lewd comments.   
      
   “[Yubo] said if you see any behavior that’s not okay, they said   
   to report it. But they’ve done nothing,” Robbins said. “That kid   
   was allowed to be online and say this.”   
      
   Robbins and other users said they didn’t take Ramos’ comments   
   seriously because troll-like behavior was commonplace on Yubo.   
      
   Hannah, an 18-year-old Yubo user from Ontario, Canada, said she   
   reported Ramos to Yubo in early April after he threatened to   
   shoot up her school and rape and kill her and her mother during   
   one livestream session. Hannah said Ramos was allowed back on   
   the platform after a temporary ban.   
      
   Hannah, who requested CNN withhold her last name to protect her   
   privacy, said Ramos’ behavior turned increasingly brazen in the   
   last week. In one livestream, she said, Ramos briefly turned his   
   webcam to show a gun on his bed.   
      
   The users said they didn’t make recordings of Ramos’ threats   
   during the livestreams.   
      
   Yubo’s community guidelines tell users not to “threaten or   
   intimidate” others, and ban harassment and bullying. Content   
   that “promotes violence such as violent acts, guns, knives, or   
   other weapons” is also banned.   
      
   Just a week before the Uvalde attack, Yubo announced an expanded   
   age verification process that involves users taking a photo of   
   themselves and the app using artificial intelligence to estimate   
   their age. The platform only allows people 13 and older to sign   
   up, and doesn’t allow users 18 and older to interact with those   
   under 18.   
      
   Yubo, which is based in Paris, has attracted controversy since   
   it launched in 2015 under the name Yellow, with some local law   
   enforcement officials warning about the possibility of abuse.   
   Police have arrested men in Kentucky, New Jersey and Florida who   
   allegedly used Yubo to meet or exchange sexually explicit   
      
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