UK News ‘Shank’ website is aimed at the kids who carry knives

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A SICK game on Facebook has been removed from the website after The Sun revealed how kids were able to STAB each other.

Members of the internet social network could "SHANK" - street slang for knifing - other users by clicking on a blade icon in the popular SuperPoke! application.

The revelation comes at a time when the UK is gripped by a knife-crime epidemic with 21 teenagers dying violently in London alone this year.

But responding to calls from The Sun to remove it, US makers Slide admitted the icon was in bad taste and have taken it off.

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Ninva

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I understand these social sites are to mimic the teen culture and put it in one place, but the shunk feature is in bad taste. I'm glad they removed it.
 

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Whoa this is a real interesting STORY! Its easily worth a "BILLION" dollars to view it!
 

Kershbob

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The Sun must be having a slow news day. Well, "news" used lightly.

Pretty sure SuperPoke has worse things than shank, but I guess it's slightly offensive.

Next on The Sun's hit list: the rest of the internet.
 

esb

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Meh... Here where I live, you don't need myspace or facebook apps to get shanked, just gotta be alone in the streets, day or night.

I still think it was a good idea that they removed it. Some people get a bit too serious on the internet...
 

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I might actually be interested in the article if The Sun hadn't written it. I prefer news articles to not be bathing in bias.
 
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