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Apple creates iPhone app to prevent teen sexting

By Staff Writer

In an effort to prevent teen sexting, Apple's latest iPhone app will clean up text messages.

This week the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office approved an Apple invention that can censor obscene or offensive words in text messages, Oxford University Press reports. The app seeks to put an end to teenage sexting by shrinking the stock of expletives.

Teens may find their texting vocabulary limited, but if their grades go down, the iPhone censor lets parents activate a tool that "can require a user to send messages to include certain vocabulary words, or to use proper spelling, grammar and/or punctuation based on the user's defined skill level," according to the patent.

The iPhone device will not only watch a child's language, it will require them to correct their mistakes and alert parents if they mess up.

A recent survey conducted by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy found more than 20 percent of teens admit to sending or receiving sexually explicit messages. The results also showed teenage girls were more likely to participate in sexting than boys. 

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