By RIKKI SCHLOTT
An app intended for teens to make and connect with new friends is being used “like Tinder for kids,” sources told The Post.
New York City teens told The Post that Wizz, which is advertised for ages 12-18, is similar to a dating app in the way you swipe through profiles — and that some underage users are relying on it to arrange hook-ups with strangers, including adults.
There have already been multiple arrests across the country of adult predators sexually assaulting teens they met on the app. 7
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“It’s like Tinder for kids,” Jada Maisonet, a 16-year-old high school senior from Manhattan, told The Post. “Like, literally, when you think of Tinder, that’s what it is … trying to hook up or, like, date.”
As of late 2023, the app already had 16 million users . Use