Three users said they witnessed Ramos threaten to commit sexual violence or carry out school shootings on social media app Yubo. 9News
But those users, all teens, told CNN that they didn't take Salvador Ramos seriously until they saw the news he had gunned downThree users said they witnessed Ramos threaten to commit sexual violence or carry out school shootings on Yubo, an app that is used by tens of millions of young people around the world.Salvador Ramos, 18, carried out a mass shooting that left 19 children dead at Robb Elementary School in Texas.
Use of Yubo skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, as teens trapped indoors turned to the app for a semblance of in-person interactions. During one livestream, Amanda Robbins, 19, said Ramos verbally threatened to break down her door and rape and murder her after she rebuffed his sexual advances. Robbins, who said she lives in California and only ever interacted with Ramos online, told CNN she reported him to Yubo several times and blocked his account, but continued seeing him in livestreams making lewd comments.
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