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UN says dating apps helped foster a teen HIV epidemic

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Dating apps certainly have their virtues, but a new UN study suggests that they could sometimes play a big role in spreading sexually transmitted diseases. The report finds that dating apps helped spread an HIV epidemic among teens in the Asia-Pacific region by facilitating more casual sex. Effectively, they created networks where infections could quickly spread — one HIV-positive person could easily ruin numerous lives.

Source: The Guardian

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