WebWatcher Parent Advisory: The Ugly Meter

iPhone app is the latest tool that creates opportunities for cyberbullying

October 21, 2010

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- A newly released $0.99 iPhone app called "The Ugly Meter" is the latest tool that creates opportunities for cyberbullying, the online pandemic that is causing severe emotional and psychological pain to children across the nation.

Using an iPhone device's camera to capture an image and analyze it with facial recognition software, The Ugly Meter gives an "ugliness" rating of 1 to 10, with

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