CULVER CITY – As the battle over TikTok posing a threat to U.S. national security and Americans continues to escalate, Shou Zi Chew, the chief executive of the Los Angeles-based video-sharing app, will make his first appearance before Congress to testify next week.

In contention is that TikTok is wholly and privately owned by Chinese parent company, ByteDance, which has raised bipartisan fears in local and state governments as well as in Congress of the app being used to collect and manipulate users’ data by the Chinese government or related entities.

The controversy surrounding misinformation, addictive content, censorship, and kids’ data allegedly being accessed by the Chinese government in addition to adults has seen several state governments ban the app entirely from state-owned mobile phones, computers, and data pads.

Shou Zi Chew, a Singaporean entrepreneur, will be attempting to skeptical lawmakers on Capitol Hill that his company’s social networking company poses no dangers to Americans, especially children.

TikTok’s LGBTQ+ following has generally positive experiences although there have been widely reported instances of users, notably transgender users seemingly targeted by the platform’s algorithms and having their accounts banned or repeatedly suspended.

Of greater concern is the staggering rise in anti-LGBTQ+ violence and threats on the platform prompting LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD, in its annual Social Media Safety Index, to give TikTok a failing score on LGBTQ+ safety.

Yotam Ophir, an assistant professor of communications at the University at Buffalo, who studies misinformation and extremism, told Scientific American journalist Helen Santoro in a December 2022 interview:

“It’s become pretty clear that the LGBTQ+ community is now at the heart of the new iteration of the culture wars that we have been unfortunately going through in recent years,” he says. This community has become “a staple of right-wing messaging and often propaganda.”

Scientific American reported the false claims and rhetoric used by right-wing extremists dehumanize and vilify the LGBTQ+ community and provoke stochastic terrorism, a phenomenon in which hate speech increases the likelihood that people will attack the targets of vicious claims.

Research has also shown that this type of rhetoric can motivate people to express and possibly act on their prejudiced views. 

According to GLAAD, Media Matters for America, and the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI social media plays a crucial role in the spread of this stochastic terrorism to include TikTok.

TikTok to divest from ByteDance if U.S. security deal fails- Report from Yahoo Finance:

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PROVO, S.D. – 12 time Emmy award winner RuPaul Andre Charles, drag queen, television personality, actor, musician, and model called out the conservative Republicans and extremists who are engaged in legislative and media attacks on LGBTQ+ Americans Wednesday.

In a video posted to his Instagram account, the drag superstar labeled Republican lawmakers passing anti-trans and anti-drag performance bills bullies and said:

“Hey, look over there! A classic distraction technique, distracting us away from the real issues that they were voted into office to focus on: jobs, healthcare, keeping our children safe from harm at their own school.

“But we know that bullies are incompetent at solving real issues. They look for easy targets so they can give the impression of being effective. They think our love, our light, our laughter and our joy are signs of weakness.

“But they’re wrong because that is our strength. Drag queens are the Marines of the queer movement. Don’t get it twisted and don’t be distracted. Register to vote so we can get these stunt queens out of office and put some smart people with real solutions into government.

“And by the way, a social media post has never been as powerful as a registered vote.”

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HOLLYWOOD – Christian Shearhod, who teaches math in Los Angeles County, took his three-year-old son to a West Hollywood nail salon after the toddler’s daycare teacher said “painting your nails is only for girls.”

“My son came home from school upset because his teacher told him that painting his nails is only for girls, so today I’m taking him to the nail shop!” Christian Shearhod said in a TikTok video posted last week.

Shearhod noted that the boy’s daycare teacher had scolded him for wanting to paint his nails, calling it a ‘girls only’ activity.

In an interview with NBC News Shearhod said his son first expressed interest in nail polish around the age of 2. 

“Since then, we started painting our nails together,” he said. 

Shearhod, in a relationship with his transgender girlfriend Eden, is a straight LGBTQ+ ally and uses his TikTok platform to bolster LGBTQ+ equality and visibility.

After the negativity from his son’s daycare teacher which upset his son, Shearhod told NBC News that he and his girlfriend hoped to cheer the boy up by taking him to the nail salon.

“I really just wanted to make sure that he didn’t have guilt or shame, because it is something that he enjoyed, and we had done together multiple times,” Shearhod said, adding that he wants his son to enjoy life to the fullest at his age, without “strict gender norms.”

The following school day, Shearhod said he spoke with Ashton’s day care teachers. 

“I just told them, ‘Hey, I’d appreciate it if you didn’t say that kind of thing to Ashton, kind of let him do his own thing,’” Shearhod told NBC he said to the daycare staff.

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By Anne Wen | NEW YORK CITY – During the pandemic, 15-year-old Desmond Napoles looked up the definition of sexuality out of personal interest on their school-issued tablet. The New York City sophomore did not realize at the time that school administrators and teachers could be alerted to the search. 

As schools increasingly monitor students’ online activities, LGBTQ students find themselves at particular risk. The tracking can “out” queer students because the software can notify school officials or law enforcement officers of searches related to sexuality and other topics. And it can make it harder for LGBTQ students, in particular, to access sexual health information online. 

The increase in district-issued devices during the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated worries among some queer students, who now feel they are constantly watched by their schools at home and school. 

“When you realize that you’re being tracked and you looked up something already, it’s pretty stressful,” said Napoles. The New York City Department of Education did not respond to questions from Youth Today about its use of monitoring software. But the district signed a contract with tracking software company GoGuardian in 2021, according to Bloomberg.

“UNINTENDED BUT HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES”

Eighty-nine percent of teachers surveyed in a spring 2022 Center for Democracy & Technology poll said their school monitors student activity on school-issued or personal devices.  

Desmond Napoles (Photo by Aaron Williams)

“When you realize that you’re being tracked and you looked up something already, it’s pretty stressful,” said Desmond Napoles.

“Students are working under the false assumption that certain things — their chats, their documents — are private, when in fact, they’re being actively monitored by the school,” said Cody Venzke, one of the authors of the report. “That can come as a shock for students not aware that what they’re writing in the document they thought was their private journal is in fact being scanned by an algorithm and potentially relayed to school counselors or even law enforcement.”

A U.S. Senate investigation into educational technology companies that sell products to monitor students’ online activity found that the products “raise significant privacy and equity concerns.” 

“Studies have highlighted unintended but harmful consequences of student activity monitoring software that fall disproportionately on vulnerable populations: artificial intelligence and algorithmic systems frequently mischaracterize students’ activity and flag harmless activity as a ‘threat,’ and students from minority or marginalized communities, including students of color and LGBTQ students, are far more likely to be flagged,” according to the Senate report, which focused on companies including Gaggle, GoGuardian, Bark Technologies and Securly Inc.

The Senate report noted research showing that algorithms used in the products are more likely to flag language used by people of color and LGBTQ students as problematic, and that, since LGBTQ students largely prefer to seek help online, some of these monitoring tools’ website filtering features “frequently” prevent them from accessing health information by flagging words related to sexual orientation.

“The impacts of these shortcomings range from disproportionate disciplinary rates of LGBTQ students to unintentional outing of LGBTQ students to parents and other adults,” according to the Senate report.

In responses to the Senate investigation, the companies emphasized their commitments to student safety. Gaggle, which reports its products are used by about 1,500 school districts, provided a list of more than a dozen school superintendents and officials who had agreed to serve as references for their products. 

Gaggle and GoGuardian, two major companies providing surveillance software to schools, declined interview requests from Youth Today.

But in an emailed statement, Gaggle said that its software had helped save the lives of 1,562 students who were planning or actively attempting suicide last school year and noted that LGBTQ youth were four times more likely to consider or attempt suicide than their peers. The company also cited a Gaggle-sponsored white paper that found 85% of educators reported the monitoring software helps reduce the harassment of LGBTQ students. 

GoGuardian sent a statement reading, in part, “GoGuardian believes that our schools and classrooms should be spaces where all students are treated equitably and have the opportunity to learn and thrive.”

The company noted its work with experts to strengthen “internal resources” in support of marginalized communities, citing recent educational content and a webinars produced in partnership with The Trevor Project, a suicide prevention and mental health organization for LGBTQ youth. 

In a statement to Youth Today, a spokesperson for The Trevor Project wrote that the nonprofit does not partner with GoGuardian and does not plan to do so. Earlier this fall, The Trevor Project returned a $25,000 donation from Gaggle, citing concerns about the software’s “role in negatively impacting LGBTQ students.”

“TECHNOLOGY COULD HAVE BEEN A LIFESAVER”

Photo courtesy of Chris Wood

Chris Wood, executive director of LGBTQ Tech, a nonprofit that provides tech policy advice about LGBTQ individuals, believes that schools ask students to use the services with good intentions, but the inadvertent effects of monitoring make schools less safe for queer students. 

“If you can’t have a supportive environment at home, then you look to a supportive environment, in the places that you’re at most often, like a public school or a library,” Wood said. “And if you’re then making it harder for them to gain access to those resources, through monitoring or filtering, then you’re creating an environment where we’re creating a mental health nightmare.” 

Wood also said that the web filters many districts use to protect students against sexual content, may also inadvertently block advice that helps LGBTQ individuals without supportive biological families. 

The way some districts use monitoring software may particularly harm students of color who are LGBTQ, Wood noted, by exposing them to a disparate risk of discipline due to their online activity. 

“Technology could have been a lifesaver. It could have been an opportunity for an individual to explore their identity and have safe and equitable conversations about their identity” Wood said. “Instead, we’re doing quite the opposite.”

To better serve students, teachers should connect LGBTQ students with more resources so that they can come to terms with their identity, said Maria Dolores Cimini, a psychologist and behavioral health researcher at the State University of New York at Albany.

“Should students who identify as LGBTQ be identified from monitoring software, and potentially be disciplined or punished, that is inappropriate,” Cimini said. “It is something that could negatively affect their mental health and could even increase increased concerns such as depression, anxiety, and even risk for suicide.”

Photo courtesy of Maria Dolores Cimini

Wendy Napoles, Desmond’s mother, is thankful for the New York school district’s use of filters to prevent students from viewing inappropriate content such as pornography on district devices. Both she and Desmond Napoles acknowledged that the monitoring software can provide safety, especially if a student’s search history reveals chronic mental health problems. 

But the potential to track a student’s search history, including topics related to sexuality and gender, feels like an invasion of privacy, Wendy Napoles said. 

“I’m just really worried, as Desmond is, about who is looking at this, and what are they doing with that data?” Wendy Napoles said. “Are teachers seeing it, where they may not have known a child was part of the LGBTQ community, and are they going to treat that child differently?” 

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Anne Wen is a Guam-based journalist who covers college education and Pacific islands for The Guardian, Teen Vogue, Pacific Daily News, and Youth Today. 

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The preceding article was previously published by Youth Today & is republished with permission.

SAN FRANCISCO – At the global gaming championship tournament ‘Worlds 2022′ held this weekend in the City by the Bay, Riot Games’ League Of Legends executive producer Jeremy Lee told British media outlet Sky News gaming reporter Martin Kimber, the company removes some references to LGBTQ+ people in countries in which same-sex marriage or being LGBTQ+ is illegal.

Riot Games, which is owned by Chinses Tech Media powerhouse conglomerate Tencent, has introduced the first gay black character of K’Sante into its League Of Legends with great fanfare including a promotional campaign with Out singer-rapper Lil Nas X.

Lil Nas X gave a performance at the Opening Ceremony during the Worlds Finals on Nov 5, an event that was hosted and promoted by Riot Games.

League is a phenomena as one of the most played video games across the world. Since its release in October 2009, League has been free-to-play and is monetized through purchasable character customization. The game is available on the Microsoft Windows and macOS platforms along with a mobile version and has spawned tournaments, numerous spin-off games and merchandise.

League’s gamers take on the role of champions in teams to work together to achieve objectives, and each has a backstory composed for them by the game’s writers.

 Lee told Sky News he was “very proud” of the new character and that Riot Games wants “everyone who plays League Of Legends to find a champion that resonates with them”.

But he admitted that “each region can localise and publish that story in what they feel like is best for the players”.

“Each region may publish certain aspects of the game a little bit differently to fit into the local culture,” he added.

Tencent’s global public relations lead Hanna Woo told Sky News when asked whether the company makes changes or omissions to the storyline behind some characters to suit the regime under which the game is published, she admitted: “Yes, I would say we do.”

Ben Austwick, known by his Twitch streamer handle of “biggusbennus” twitch.tv/biggusbennus told Sky he saw the admission of censorship by Riot Games as; ‘straightwashing shows money is most important.

 “Video games are part of culture and should be at the forefront pushing boundaries, especially in places where LGBT+ oppression is rife,” Austwick said.

“The straightwashing of queer characters from games in countries with a poor record of LGBT+ rights is sad and proves that there is nothing more important than making the most money,” he added.

SAN FRANCISCO – In a company-wide email sent out Thursday evening, Twitter employees worldwide were informed that the now privately controlled company, by billionaire Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, would be laying off nearly half of the workforce.

Musk last week completed his $44 billion acquisition of the company, and has already commenced restructuring the social media platform after his initial take-over when he dissolved the Twitter board of directors and now acts as the social media company’s sole director.

In the hours after acquiring Twitter in late October, Musk in addition to the board fired Twitter’s chief executive Parag Agrawal, as well as Vijaya Gadde, who ran the social media company’s legal, policy and trust teams.

He has also demanded company employees to find new sources of revenue and in a widely condemned move announced that the verified user blue check would be a monthly fee based status which prompted celebrities, journalists, and other currently verified users to protest or leave the platform saying the diluted fee-based “check” would be useless and open to rampant abuse.

🚨Ben Collins, NBC News: “Twitter employees want to stress that the company is a nightmare right now and you cannot work there. And the website is built on sticks and it might fall apart. It’s a house of cards.” “Elon is deeply out of his depth.” “This could be really bad.” pic.twitter.com/MLh9fGe1NV

— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) November 4, 2022

One of those affected Politico reported Friday, Joan Deitchman, who was a senior engineer in Twitter’s machine learning, ethics, transparency and accountability team, wrote on the platform that the unit — whose job included research on how to improve transparency around automated algorithms — had been completely disbanded. That work is central to how regulators are now looking to police social media, including how potentially hate-filled content is promoted automatically across these platforms.

“All that is gone,” she said according to Politico.

As Musk made these changes, several large advertisers on the platform paused or stopped prompting the tech billionaire allege in a tweet: “Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists. […] They’re trying to destroy free speech in America.”

Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists.

Extremely messed up! They’re trying to destroy free speech in America.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2022

Hate speech on the platform with effective and fair content moderation, particularly that aimed at transgender Americans is a major concern to LGBTQ+ advocacy groups.

In a statement, Jay Brown, HRC Senior Vice President of Programs, Research, and Training, said:

“We are very concerned about Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. Musk has pledged to restore the accounts of dangerous people who push extremism and disinformation. When this happens, Twitter – a place where many marginalized people, including LGBTQ+ people, find both community and face an onslaught of hate – will quickly become even more hostile. Adding insult to injury, Musk’s reported plans to cut staff levels – including employees who provide moderation – are deeply troubling.

As a company, Twitter has a right, and a responsibility, to keep its platform from being exploited to fuel a dangerous media environment. This isn’t about censorship or discrimination of ideas – it is about what kind of company they want to be and what kind of world they want to shape.”

Bloomberg business correspondent Josh Eidelson reported Twitter was sued Friday in a proposed class action for conducting a mass layoff without the required 60 day notice as provided in California and federal law.

Bloomberg reported:

Twitter Inc. was sued over Elon Musk’s plan to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at the social-media platform, which workers say the company is doing without enough notice in violation of federal and California law.

A class-action lawsuit was filed Thursday in San Francisco federal court. The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act restricts large companies from mounting mass layoffs without at least 60 days of advance notice.

The lawsuit asks the court to issue an order requiring Twitter to obey the WARN Act, and restricting the company from soliciting employees to sign documents that could give up their right to participate in litigation.

Scoop: Twitter was just sued in a proposed class action for conducting a mass layoff without the required 60 day notice https://t.co/lMoxDMo7W1

— Josh Eidelson (@josheidelson) November 4, 2022

Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) released the following statement following Elon Musk’s announcement that he has laid off half of Twitter’s workforce:

“Today’s move by Elon Musk to mass-fire 50% of Twitter’s employees, including many San Franciscans, is deeply concerning, particularly after Musk fired the executives responsible for enhancing user safety on the platform. While companies periodically engage in layoffs to acknowledge economic realities, firing a full half of employees goes well beyond that.

“Combined with Musk’s signals that he will allow toxic accounts back onto the platform — thus leading to targeting and incitement of violence against LGBTQ people, Jews, people or color, and others — I see trouble ahead for Twitter, its users, and our democracy.”

AUSTIN – Elon Musk on Sunday retweeted a tweet that falsely claimed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)’s husband and the man who police say attacked him were lovers.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tweeted a Los Angeles Times story about far-right conspiracy theories to which David DePape, the man who authorities say attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer in his San Francisco home on Oct. 28, had subscribed. 

NBC News reported Musk responded to Clinton’s tweet with a link to the Santa Monica Observer, a right-wing website, that said Paul Pelosi “was drunk again, and in a dispute with a male prostitute.”

“There is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye,” said Musk in his tweet.

The Santa Monica Observer in an update it posted to the original story on Sunday said “San Francisco Police said today that victim Pelosi and suspect DePape did not know each other prior to the attack. SFPD reaffirmed that the assault followed a break-in.” Musk has deleted his original tweet.

Paul Pelosi underwent surgery at a San Francisco hospital after the attack. DePape has been charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse and other charges.

Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter on Oct. 27, hours before Paul Pelosi was attacked.

WEST HOLLYWOOD – Some LGBTQ+ Grindr users are advocating people delete the popular dating app after old Twitter posts surfaced supporting anti-LGBTQ right wing politicians by the new incoming openly gay Grindr Chief Executive Officer George Arison were shared and retweeted.

Arison, 44, identified himself as a ‘conservative’ supporting some Trump policies in a tweet he deleted, in a 2020 thread that appeared to show support for former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg in the presidential race that year.

Grindr which boasts about 11 million gay, bisexual, transgender and queer users per month around the world, is preparing to go public this fall with a $2.1 billion valuation. Arison is slated to take over as CEO on October 19.

The contreversary over Arison’s right-wing leaning support, which extended to Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis and Virginia’s Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin who have anti-LGBTQ+ records, comes on the heels of controversy stemming from Facebook posts published by former Grindr CEO Scott Chen:

“Some think marriage is between a man and a woman. I think so, too, but it’s a personal matter,” he wrote. “Some people think the purpose of marriage is to have your own biological children. It’s a personal matter, too.”

In another tweet earlier this year as well Arison signaled apparent approval of Governor Ron DeSantis:

He also voiced support this past February for Virginia’s Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin as the war in Ukraine commenced:

Arison, the openly gay founder and former CEO of Shift Technologies, takes over as the app continues revamping its help center, community guidelines, and safety tips. Grindr has also worked to fight the sexual exploitation of minors and mitigate instances of bullying on the app.

In the months since the conservative leaning tweets Arison has also retweeted a mixture of progressive posts and voicing support for Ukraine.

Ahead of its merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), and as it is preparing to go public, Grindr in addition to naming Arison CEO, also formed a board comprised of 60% LGBTQ+ members.

A spokesperson for the company referring to the online outrage over the past tweets and right-wing leaning retweets and tweets by Arison in a statement to media outlets said:

“George [Arison] is an out gay man, proudly married to his husband and the father of two children,” Grindr said. “George is passionate about fighting for the rights and freedoms of LGBTQ people around the world.” 

MENLO PARK, CA. – The Threat Disruption, Malware Discovery and Detection security team at Meta, parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp announced Friday that its security research and engineering teams have identified 400 malicious Android and iOS apps this year that target people across the internet to steal their Facebook login information.

According to David Agranovich, Director of the Threat Disruption, Malware Discovery and Detection security team at Meta, the apps were listed on the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store and disguised as photo editors, games, VPN services, business apps and other utilities to trick people into downloading them. Some examples include:

• Photo editors, including those that claim to allow you to “turn yourself into a cartoon”
• VPNs claiming to boost browsing speed or grant access to blocked content or websites
• Phone utilities such as flashlight apps that claim to brighten your phone’s flashlight 
• Mobile games falsely promising high-quality 3D graphics
• Health and lifestyle apps such as horoscopes and fitness trackers
• Business or ad management apps claiming to provide hidden or unauthorized features not found in official apps by tech platforms.

This is a highly adversarial space and while our industry peers work to detect and remove malicious software, some of these apps evade detection and make it onto legitimate app stores. We’ve reported these malicious apps to our peers at Apple and Google and they have been taken down from both app stores prior to this report’s publication. We are also alerting people who may have unknowingly self-compromised their accounts by downloading these apps and sharing their credentials, and are helping them to secure their accounts.

How Do These Apps Work?

Malicious developers create malware apps disguised as apps with fun or useful functionality — like cartoon image editors or music players — and publish them on mobile app stores. 

To cover up negative reviews by people who have spotted the defunct or malicious nature of the apps, developers may publish fake reviews to trick others into downloading the malware.

When a person installs the malicious app, it may ask them to “Login With Facebook” before they are able to use its promised features. If they enter their credentials, the malware steals their username and password. 

If the login information is stolen, attackers could potentially gain full access to a person’s account and do things like message their friends or access private information.

To protect yourself against these bad actors Facebook recommends being aware of the following:

How You Can Stay Safe

There are many legitimate apps that offer the features listed above or that may ask you to sign in with Facebook in a safe and secure way. Cybercriminals know how popular these types of apps are and use these themes to trick people and steal their accounts and information. 

Malware apps often have telltale signs that differentiate them from legitimate apps. Here are a few things to consider before logging into a mobile app with your Facebook account:

1. Requiring social media credentials to use the app: Is the app unusable if you don’t provide your Facebook information? For example, be suspicious of a photo-editing app that needs your Facebook login and password before allowing you to use it.
2. The app’s reputation: Is the app reputable? Look at its download count, ratings and reviews, including negative ones. 
3. Promised features: Does the app provide the functionality it says it will, either before or after logging in? 

Here are a few examples of malware apps we found to provide no functionality until you log in with your social media account.

What to Do If You’re Affected

If you believe you’ve downloaded a malicious app and have logged in with your social media or other online credentials, we recommend that you delete the app from your device immediately and follow the following instructions to secure your accounts: 

1. Reset and create new strong passwords. Never reuse your password across multiple websites. 
2. Enable two-factor authentication, preferably using an Authenticator app, to add an extra security layer to your account. 
3. Turn on log-in alerts so you’ll be notified if someone is trying to access your account. Be sure to review your previous sessions to ensure you recognize which devices have access to your account.

We also encourage people to report malicious applications that compromise Meta accounts to us through our Data Abuse Bounty program.

Threat Indicators

Threat indicators are also available in CSV, TSV, and JSON formats at https://github.com/facebook/malware-detection 

Meta’s security team listed the Apps discovered to be malicious:

Android Apps

Android Package Name	App Name
al.puik.cus	CallShowLite
apex.hoolom.racecar.app	Apex Race Game
callerscreen.paper.ringshow	CallerPaper Show
com.abs.provideo_editor	Video Converter Master
com.acetoon.studio.facephoto	Acetoon Photo Cartoon
com.addtextcoon.shapermoter	Photo Frame PIP Collage Maker
com.adonarusso.daily.horoscope	ZodiHoroscope – Fortune Finder
com.ads_manager_helper	Ads Manager Helper
com.ads.optimization	Ad Optimization Meta
com.adsagency.socialmng	Ad Manager For Social
com.agehohn.fpsgame.app	Agent John FPS Game
com.allsite.unlo	Unblocked Website
com.amazcam.apbest	Best Fun Cam
com.amazing.psychologyfacts	Psychology Facts
com.androiddharmesh.editor	Cool Photo Editor
com.androiddharmesh.fashioncam	Cool Filter Editor
com.anhhuy.ads	Ads & Page
com.anhhuy.adspagesmanager	Ads Pages Manager
com.app.good.constellationmaster	Constellation Master
com.applock.easyuse.lock	AppLock-Lock Apps & Privacy Guard
com.art.draw.SmoothPictureEditor	Smooth Picture Editor
com.artext.picshow	Text Camera
com.artoon.toonphoto	Artoon Photo Cartoon Creator
com.artpics.campro	Pics Art
com.ashtoon.tooncool.skordoi	Ashtoon Cartoon Editor
com.atharva.perfect.photoeffects	Perfect Photo Effects | Loop Photo Animator
com.ballmaster.puzzle	Bomb Master 3D
com.beamuisclab.musicdownloader.song.mp3download.app	Free Music Downloader & Free Mp3 Downloader
com.beauty.selfcamera.perfect	Beauty Camera
com.beautycamera.plusfuny	Beauty Camera Plus
com.beautyeditor.bestphotoeditor	Photo Editor
com.beautymakeup.cameram	Beauty Makeup Camera
com.bestpuz.gams.artpics	Art Puzzle 2021
com.biscoco.camfilter	Biscuit Coco Cam
com.bluee.gorme	Blue-shoot Game
com.blur.image.handle	Blur Photo
com.blut.shooting	Bluetouch Shooting Game
com.bobom.crashran.race	Ranger Crash Game
com.boo.bam.frvpn	Bamboo VPN
com.borderedit.cameraapp	Border Sticker Camera
com.brawsantoon.besteditor	Skintoon – Labs of Cartoon
com.businessplannerdesign	Business Planner Manage
com.cam.io.cls	Classic filter camera
com.camepicin.libevent	PIP Camera 2022
com.candlesvpn.proxyss	Candles VPN
com.caniqiwa.perfectpuzzles	Perfect Puzzles
com.cartoons.photofacemaker	Photo editor PIP collage maker
com.caryshughes.toonprismaeffect	ToonPrisma – 3D Photo Effect
com.charlottefabron.hdvideoplayer	HD Video Player with music
com.classic.beat.cam	BeautyCam
com.cliffbradley.youtooncartooneffect	YouToon – AI Cartoon Effect
com.colinread.playphooteditor	Play Phoot Editor & Collage
com.collageimage.photofilter	Photo Filter
com.coolcall.callshow	Color Call
com.coolcall.newspipcamera	Photo PIP Camera
com.craftstoon.cartoonphoto	Craftsart Cartoon Photo Tools
com.creatoonbest.faceedit	Creatoon Face Editor
com.creatorlena.vieds	Photo Video Editor:Lena Editor
com.crown.camera	Crown Camera
com.customcamare.ppcamera	Photo Pro 2021
com.d2p.ads_manager_plus	Ads Manager Plus
com.dahuadata.photomakerpip	Maker PIP Gallery
com.dashboardmanagemeta	Pages Dashboard
com.davykinsman.photoquipo.cartooneffect	Photoquipo Cartoon Pic Effect
com.day.flywallpaper	Flyingfish Wallpaper
com.ddhd.cameraadorn	CameraAdorn
com.ddhd.creatormould	CreatorMould
com.ddhd.photo.elegantimage	ElegantImage
com.deepwallpaper.hd.live	Deep Wallpaper-live,HD
com.dennisarmstrong.videolancervideomaker	Videolancer – Pro Video Maker
com.dreammaker.phgridpip	PIP Collage Coco
com.dressing.charm.apps	Dress up Charming
com.dwyzb23xjiqpsn.zbqyuvfgtion	3 Patti King – India Rummy
com.dypica.facepicture	Face Picture
com.dysfree.barcode.scanner	QR Barcode Scan
com.edgarmay.atecphotoeffect	Atec Sparkle Photo Editor 2022
com.editor.xinphoto	Enjoy Photo Editor
com.edmondatrentini.dingdingphotoeffect	Ding Ding Photo Effect Editor
com.expto.akgarhwal.puzzlex	Art Photo Puzzle
com.fabiomancini.cartoonpainteffect	Cartoon Face Photo Editor
com.faceart.savetoon.cartoonedit	Savetoon Art – Face Cartoon
com.faceartoon.studioon	Facetoon Photo Art
com.fast.vpn.lifestyleb	Fast VPN Proxy
com.fb.ads.optimize	Ads Optimize
com.fb.metas.adsmanager	Ads Manager For Business
com.fillartoon.toonphotos	Pica Artoon Face Editor
com.filmstrip.drawanima	Photo Layout Editor
com.filter.photoeditor	Instapic: Photo Editor Pro, Collage Maker
com.fimeruv.shapephotoeditor	Shape Photo Editor
com.fiwyl.sharephotomaker	Share Photo Maker
com.flnt.uck	Speedy Vpn Tunnel
com.floydhampton.moldishmansphotoeffect	Moldish – Men’s Photo Editor
com.flyspeed.fish	FlyFish Speed
com.fonts.text.board	Stylist Fonts for Keyboard
com.fotspicass.makerpiccoa	PIP Editor Frame Photo
com.fqrs.qrscapp	Flash QRCode Scanner
com.free.unlimited.transcendvpn	Transcend VPN
com.free.vpn.masterproxy	Free VPN Master
com.freevpn.proxytuber	Super Tuber VPN
com.freevpn.proxytubervpn	Tuber VPN – Free&Secure VPN Proxy Server
com.fstl.vtnel	Fast Vpn Tunnel
com.fucol.puz	Photo Puzzle 2021
com.fun.herone.racegame	Lone Hero Racing
com.fysolasil.sharephotoeditor	Share Photo Editor
com.gadybatax.artsphotos	Arts Photos
com.gallery.provides	Art Filters:Photo to Painting
com.gamebooster.safegame	Game Booster
com.gcam.pvint	Vinto Cam
com.genten.soulmatch	Emotion Checker
com.ghost.vpn.masterproxy	Ghost VPN Proxy
com.gpstrian.phototrian	Train Photo
com.grigoriipeerevozchiikov.animephoto	Anime Photo
com.gtrid.edit.bingoemaker	Photo Editor Pic Collage
com.HalogenElement.Frame.TrainPhotoFrame	Train Photo Frame
com.hiepro.hiynode	Hiyoo Hidenode pro
com.hiranursaygi.allinoneofficereader	All in one Doc Editor & Viewer
com.hn.dayblue	Fun Wallpaper
com.hotspot.vpn.freeproxy	Hotspot Free VPN
com.hqapps.ppp.wallpaper	Highquality Purple Wallpaper
com.hunbeiren.pipeditorimage	PIP Editor Image
com.iceselfie.beautycamx	Ice Selfie Beauty Cam
com.image.move.puzzle	Image Move Puzzle
com.instagram.app	Business from Instagram
com.interaction.wonderful	Wonderful Camera
com.ivorfrazier.orahororscope	Ora Horoscope – Fortune Finder
com.jxpsnyy.kbvjdjx.dingdingphotoeffect	Ding Ding Photo Editor
com.kali_corporation.skethcamplus	Sketch CamPlus
com.kali.free.online.fast.translation	Instant Translator
com.kangaroo.vpnproxy	Kangaroo VPN
com.katarinalang.photocollage.room	Photoont – Photo Collage Edit
com.kotmob.palmistry	Palmistry Reading Free
com.kutsalkoyuncu.toonexphotoediotr	Toonex Photo Editor 2022
com.leg.musclemaker.strong.man.getfit	Male fitness
com.leneroth.photocollagegridmaker	Pic Collage & Cartoon Editor
com.liannasoft.editorcam	4K Camera Hyper Photo Filters
com.liferun.freegame	Life Run
com.lightling.creatortoon.cartoon	Lighting Creator Toon
com.lightning.vpn.proxys	Lightning VPN
com.likefile.superfile	Files Clear
com.lilaihua.photoeditor	PhotoEditor
com.lofacartoon.azwajstudio	Lofa – Studio Photo Cartoon
com.luckycatcher.freegame	Lucky Catcher – Catch Them All
com.lucpro.luckypro	Lucky Number Pro
com.lujeqari.videoremaker	Video Remaker
com.madtoon.aicartoon.kiroah	MadToon Face Cartoon
com.magic.world.daily.mhoroscope	Magic Horoscope
com.marcyl.wagbversion.gblatest.gbproversion.lite	GB WA Warna Latest Version
com.masto.kicter	Free Comic Photos
com.maxinetate.jessicabailey.fosterphotoeffect	Foster – Cartoon Photo Effect
com.merkee.neosnap.photo.editor.pro	NeoSnap Photo Editor
com.meta.adsformeta2	Business Ads for Meta
com.meta.adsformeta3	Business Meta Manager
com.meta.optimizer	Meta Optimizer – Ads Analysis
com.meteor.fast.connection	Meteor vpn
com.mexsier.nebwallpaper	Nebula Wallpaper
com.milohoward.rosalindvega.theobarber.photoframeeffecteditor	Photo Editor – Frame Effect
com.mkce.fsvc	Full Screen Video Editor
com.mnbeautif.lanchmn	Nice Photo
com.moker.sticker	Sticker Maker Pro
com.mold.figure.gym	Mold Figure Gym
com.mood.camerapluss	Mood Camera
com.mosiaguda.astrohoroscope	Astro Horoscope Guide 2022
com.mumu.music.mmp	MuMus Music Player
com.newsandpic.cityphoto	Photo PIP 2022
com.niceimg.editorsa	Camera PIP
com.nuclearpower.vpnp	Nuclear VPN Proxy
com.okenyo.creatkartoon.studio	Okenyo Studio Creatoon
com.oknia.panacamera	Pana Camera
com.olfitness.android	Daily Fitness OL
com.onlansuyanto.editor.bading	Onlan Cartoon Editor
com.oransoda.player.soda	Soda Music Player
com.palmistry.ofdestiny	Palmistry of Destiny
com.papalai.popularemoji	Popular Emoji
com.pedomeste.steppedometer	Hot Sexy Girls
com.perfectphoto.lookablum	Perfect Photo Album
com.peweephotoon.halfcartoon	Pewee Photoon – Photo Cartoon
com.phabanner.cameraig	Photo PIP
com.phonepad.sniper	Critical Strike Ops – FPS 3D shooting Game
com.phonepad.towerdefense	Tower Defense Zone – Batmen Rush
com.photo.adjuster	Simple Photo Adjuster
com.photo.blureffect	Blur Effect Camera
com.photo.move	Photo Gaming Puzzle
com.photo.panoramacamera	Panorama Camera
com.photoeditor.pipcamera.photoeffects	Pip Camera 2022
com.photoeditor.proy	Photo editor Pro
com.photoeditor.sweetsummer	Sweet Summer Camera App
com.photoeditoreffect.mojung	Abrasive Photo Editor
com.photolupo.pipwall	Photo Editors
com.photoplaze.rainbow.color	Rainbow Photo Plaze
com.photosticker.camerayou	Photo Sticker&Camera:make you beauty
com.piccollage.imageeditors	Pic collage: photo editor&beauty image
com.piclibra.apiceditor	Camera PIP Editor
com.pip.photo.editor.camera.pipimage.maker	PIP Pic Camera Photo Editor
com.piphoto.pipsapp	PIP Photo
com.pipnames.gocamera	PIP Editor Collage
com.Pixa.PhotoEditor.PicsArt.CollageMaker.Lightroom.PhotoLab.PixelLab.Pixlr	Pixa: Photo Editor & Collage Maker
com.playapp.arteffect.app	ToonArt
com.playrix.manormatter	Treasures of the Pharaoh
com.plugiedit.editandimg	PIP Pic Camera Photo Editor
com.postergrid.resdecypic	Photo Collage Maker Pic
com.pped.topcam	Perfect Photo Editor
com.prettysmart.easyuse.powerlock	Smart AppLock
com.privacyapp.applocker.coolock	Cool Lock
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com.pumpkinvpn.proxysafen	Pumpkin VPN
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com.purevpn.secure.intenetproxy	Pure-VPN:Fast Stable Secure internet Proxy
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com.rebekkadreyer.facecartooneffect.photoeditor	Papatoon Face Art Editor
com.renanespic.addpici	Camera Photo Editor
com.retmagic.piplike	PIP Magic 2022
com.rextate.photovideomaker	Photo Video Creator with Music
com.ring.alarm.tone.flash	Pop Ringtone
com.rismas.tdaycam	Christmas Sticker Camera App
com.rnapp.fmfm	Ads Manager for Meta
com.roc.ketcon	Rocket Connect
com.rushcar.hypergame	Rush Car 3D
com.rushhour.hyperovertake	Rush Hour 3D – Heavy Traffic
com.rynama.videoeditor	Video Editor
com.safe.fast.connect	Safe Link
com.saprontsevgertrud.cartoonillustrator	Cartoon Illustrator
com.satan.gifpipo	PIPO GIF
com.secsurf.fastvpn	Surf Vpn
com.seelad.mucxx.apo	Sealand Music Player
com.sensitivity.swarmphoto	Swarm Photo
com.servotronicstech.perfectprocam	Perfect ProCam
com.sheilacoleman.fissioneffectdoeditor	Fission Effectdo Pic Editor
com.shinestar.camerax	ShineStar Camera
com.shirleypope.lightexposureedit	Light Exposure Photo Editor
com.sketchmaster.camplus	Cartoon Cam Pro
com.slftz.xlzg	High HD Wallpapers 4K
com.slidingpuzzle.slidepuzzle	Amazing Photo Puzzle
com.sms.mms.message.ffei.free	Smart SMS Messages
com.snapcamera.beautyys	Snap Beauty Camera
com.snapeditor.proproxy	Snap Editor Pro
com.snapface.sticker.camera	Snap Face Camera
com.snapsandwich.camera	Sandwich SnapBeauty Cam
com.sofapro.editortoon	Sofa Cartoon – Pro Editor
com.solupho.imdetail	PIP 2022
com.spedgame.dsrg	Drift Speed Racing Game
com.speed.booster.phonefree	Speed Booster
com.splicteout.photocolleger	SplitScreen PIP
com.sqlengphoto.photoeditorpicmix	PicMix Photo Editor
com.star.line.link	Star Line
com.stillcut.spiraeffect	PIP PHOTO
com.su.per.video	Pvideo
com.superior.speed.data	Superior Speed
com.surfvpn.proxyfast	SurfVPN – Fast VPN Proxy
com.svpnproxy.free	S-VPN Proxy
com.svpnproxy.safeclient	S VPN – Fast & Safe VPN Client
com.sweet.lightlycamera	Lightly Camera
com.sweetcamera.filterface	Sweet Beauty Plus Camera
com.sweetsnap.camera.sticker	Beauty Sweet Camera
com.tbn.fasts	Speedy Turbo
com.techno.photoposterframe	Fantastic camera
com.tentwheel.flyingphoto	Flying Photo
com.theme.cartoon.board.key	Cartoon Keyboard Theme
com.threetranslator.wonderas	Translation Assistant
com.torrent.fast.exchange	Torrent
com.touchvpn.free.proxy	Torch VPN Proxy
com.touchvpn.proxymaster	Touch VPN Master
com.traffictour.freegame	Traffic Tour 3D
com.trixgardner.photazophotoeffect	Photazo – PIP & Cartoon Effect
com.truing.motopoolparty	MotoM3X-PoolParty
com.tuber.vpnproxy.internet	Tuber VPN Proxy
com.tubevpn.master.free	Tubo VPN Master
com.turbo.data.transmission	Secure Turbo
com.ubo.tnspeed	Turbo Net
com.unlimited.net.request	Unlimited Net
com.v2.fast.free.rocketvpn	VPN Lite – Fast & Easy use VPN
com.vendertext.onphoto	Vender Add Text on Photo
com.Videoeditortfs.pro	Video Editor 2021
com.virgovpn.proxyy	Virgo VPN
com.vivavpnbooster.free	Viva VPN Booster
com.vivid.coltor	Vivid Cooleditor
com.voicechanger.soundseffect	Voice Changer
com.vpn.proxy.unlimited	Private VPN HD
com.wallpaper4k.tools	4K Wallpaper
com.wanstep.likekeepstep	Keep Step
com.waxwell.saunders.pistaphotoeditor	Pista – Cartoon Photo Effect
com.waynecraig.magicalastrology	Magical Daily Astrology Reader
com.whddhd.brilliantphoto	Brilliant Photo
com.whddhd.fancyphoto	FancyPhoto
com.whddhd.pixeditor	PixEditor
com.willowpena.fiestraphotoeditor	Piestra – Comic & Blend Effect
com.wilmaarnold.kutsalsaglik	Smart PDF Reader and Editor
com.woman.sport.Female.fitness.net	Female Fitness
com.workout.play.goal.fitness	Workout Pro
com.wwxd.toolkit	Toolkit
com.xcar.highwayrace.ds	Xcar Highway Race
com.xevaphoto.cartoonion	Xeva Photo Cartoon
com.xingx.gifimage	GIFs-Search Animated GIF & Stickers
com.xinx.apls	2021 MagicCamPlus
com.xinxin.anjoyartphoto	Enjoy Art Photo
com.xonasounds.relaxing	Xona Relaxing Sounds
com.xooil.elzup	MAGIC PHOTO PUZZLE
com.young.photoeditor.cartooneditorapp	Cartoon Effects Photo Editor
com.yunlinan.photoeditorwall	Photo Editor Wall
com.yvpnproxy.freemaster	Y VPN Master
com.zoomate.vpn.proxy.free	ZooMate VPN Proxy
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crash.vltcar.fungame.app	Vilatouch crash car
fpsgame.olshooter.threed.app	Online Shooter FPS
free.music.download.search.mp3.song.online.player	Free Music Downloader & Music Player
ftp.bomcarcing.crashcars	Crash Racing Game
ftp.camfilter.lovebeauty	Beauty Camera Filter
ftp.firattck.fpsgame	Action Flame FPS
ftp.piaoyi.racegames	Drift Sprint Racing Game
ftp.raceranger.gamepp	CityRanger Racing Game
funcam.fredonm.app	Thefun Camera
game.deserthuting.app	Desert Hunting Game
game.trytospin.nipsotyrtll	Try to spin
lunarzodiacg.besthoro	Lunar Zodiac Horoscope
media.callshow.vc.flash	Callshow Flash
media.grape.sdhnt.player	Grape Media Player
media.tean.music.appx	Tean Music Player
muscle.loseweight.fitness.fatburning.exercise	Male Fitness 2020
net.coolware.smart.camera.ultra	2022 Ultra Camera
net.fpsol.shooters	Code Name-Vulture FPS OL
net.kanvpn.fastspeed	Kangaroo Fast VPN
net.musicesapp.player	Muses Music Player
net.red.pi.fashion.camera	Red Camera
net.snaphdphotoeditorapp.ishscsnaphdphotoeditor	Snap: HD Photo Editor
net.ssonn.boomrace	Lightning Drift Racing
net.sweetplus.camx	One-Sweet Camera
net.teecho.camche.camera	Baby Camera
niko.ldali.batter	BatterySafe
org.crashmaster.funrace.aps	Crash Race Master
org.donfan.player.app	Donfan Music Player
org.mumu.hdpalyer.apps	Mulu Music Player
org.musinvshen.player	Musae Music Player
org.nzombie.hutgame	Night Hunter Game
org.skysound.music.player	Teana Music Player
org.svpn.goatsheep	Goat Safe VPN
org.zipaimei.camfilter	SnapBeauty Cam Filter
player.mmm.mediapp.otrs	Mostfun Media Music
player.pinol.enoyend	OseaCamera
player.pmte.nfyti.media	Pomelo Music Player
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proflash.flash.com	ProFlash
program.data.agus.dat	Kite camera
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solo.impostormaster.kill	Impostor Master Solo Kill 2021
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whsmy.blod.sper	NoneCanDie
win.bestrace.threed.game	City Crash Racing Game
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win.hapsunday.mplayer	Sunday Media Player
win.hoomhom.fpsgame	Flame Shock FPS
win.modoen.time.camer	Modern Time Camera
win.smartgame.sortpuz.app	Rainbow Square- Sort Puzzle
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