Yik Yak

An anonymous social media app that allows users to share and discuss content with others nearby.

CCI Score

-25.90

0.02% April 18

Latest Event

UNC System Bans Yik Yak Amid Content and Safety Concerns

On March 7, 2024, the UNC System announced plans to block Yik Yak along with other anonymous social apps from campus networks, citing concerns over unchecked bullying, harassment, and harmful content. The move reflects broader issues regarding the platform's failure to implement effective content moderation and safeguard vulnerable users.

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Yik Yak is currently rated as an Accomplice.

-20 to -29 CCI Score

These companies profit from authoritarian practices through their business dealings. Although they may not be directly enforcing oppressive policies, their actions contribute to the economic and operational sustenance of authoritarian regimes.

Latest Events

MAR

07

2024

UNC System Bans Yik Yak Amid Content and Safety Concerns
-23.98

On March 7, 2024, the UNC System announced plans to block Yik Yak along with other anonymous social apps from campus networks, citing concerns over unchecked bullying, harassment, and harmful content. The move reflects broader issues regarding the platform's failure to implement effective content moderation and safeguard vulnerable users.
-20

Public and Political Behavior

April 3

Yik Yak’s lack of proactive engagement in moderating harmful content and addressing public safety concerns has led to regulatory action, reflecting poor public and political behavior in terms of maintaining safe public discourse.

Anonymous social apps face another reckoning as UNC System to ban Yik Yik, Fizz, Sidechat & Whisper
-35

Business Practices and Ethical Responsibility

April 3

The company’s continued failure to address issues of hate speech, bullying, and other forms of abuse on its platform—issues that have repeatedly prompted campus bans and public outcry—demonstrates a significant shortfall in ethical business practices and responsibility.

Anonymous social apps face another reckoning as UNC System to ban Yik Yik, Fizz, Sidechat & Whisper
SEP

01

2021

Yik Yak's Resurgence Raises Data Vulnerability Concerns
-27.82

The article details Yik Yak’s revival on college campuses starting in the fall of 2021, highlighting significant concerns about the app’s collection of granular location data. This design choice, which leaves user location data vulnerable to access by unauthorized parties, raises risks of doxxing and surveillance that could be exploited by authoritarian actors, undermining the safety and privacy of marginalized communities.
-40

Technology and Services Impact

April 3

By collecting detailed location data without robust safeguards, Yik Yak risks exposing user information that could be exploited for surveillance or harassment. Such vulnerabilities may be particularly harmful to already marginalized groups, and the lack of transparency in its profit model further deepens concern regarding ethical responsibility.

Yik Yak on Campus: Navigating Identity and Violence through Hyperlocal Anonymity