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« on: January 01, 2021, 04:05:20 pm »

Apple pulls app that promoted parties during pandemic from the App Store

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Apple has pulled an app from the App Store the promoted gathering during the pandemic.
The app, called Vybe Together, encouraged people to "get your rebel on."


Reported by The Verge, Apple has taken an app off of the App Store that promoted people to attend parties during the COVID-19 pandemic. The app, called Vybe Together, has also been banned from TikTok.

The app had billed itself as a way for people to plan and find underground parties and "get your rebel on."


  Vybe Together billed itself on TikTok and its website as a place to organize and attend underground parties, using the tagline "Get your rebel on. Get your party on." Organizers would have to approve everyone who wanted to attend, and the ones that got approved would receive the address two hours before the event. Most of these gatherings would have been illegal under current US pandemic restrictions — which may explain why the app required you to submit a pro...

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