Before shutting down in 2017, Yik Yak was used in hate speech and cyberbullying across college campuses and local schools. The app's new owners vow to take a strong stance against abuses.

Yik Yak users are enraged over the changes being made to the anonymous social app after its quiet acquisition by the similarly focused campus chat app, Sidechat.

The social-media app Yik Yak, where users can post anonymous messages visible to anyone within a five-mile radius, returned on Monday after a four-year hiatus. And for some colleges, it was not ...

Yik Yak is still in its early stages of rebirth, but its current purpose seems to remain being a gossip spot for University students. While we do not have exact statistics about how many Yik Yak users ...

Topline Yik Yak, a local, anonymous app that was most popular on college campuses during the early 2010’s, returned to Apple’s App Store Monday for U.S. users, four years after the platform ...

After a four-year hiatus, Yik Yak has returned, and no one was ready for that plot twist. But just because they weren’t ready doesn’t mean they aren’t living for it. A quick refresher: Yik ...

LOS ANGELES — Yik Yak, the once-popular and ultra controversial app favored by college and high school students, prepared to shut down Friday, a victim of management miscues, fickle users and ...

The startup Yik Yak sought to fill a marketplace need for anonymous messaging, but a host of unintended issues led to the ultimate demise of the app.

Yik Yak is a location-based, anonymous social media app that's all the rage among college students -- including those who like to spread a little hate, sexism and other joys, such as "making a ...

Before shutting down in 2017, Yik Yak was used in hate speech and cyberbullying across college campuses and local schools. The app's new owners vow to take a strong stance against abuses.

Internet users of the Yik Yak social media app popular among college students aren't nearly as anonymous as they believe: Missouri police within hours arrested a student accused of threatening ...

While hate speech on college campuses shared through Yik Yak is detrimental to the students it affects, it also sheds light on clear, though often not discussed racism, homophobia, sexism ...