Yolo Must Face Misrepresentation Claim in On-Line Bullying Suit

Yolo Technologies Inc. must face misrepresentation claims by the plaintiffs who were cyberbullied using the company’s anonymous app, a federal court said.

The plaintiffs, who included the estate of a teenager who committed suicide using the app, three other app users, and a nonprofit group that fights bullying, adequately alleged that Yolo made false representations, Judge Fred W. Slaughter said Friday for the US District Court for the Central District of California. Those representation included that users would be banned or identified in the event of bullying or harassment on the YOLO app, he said. He added that the claims ...