"A spokesperson for Apple told Business Insider that both apps were removed for not meeting "requirements around content moderation and user privacy, in addition to receiving an excessive number of user complaints and negative reviews - including complaints of minors' personal information being posted in the apps." The spokesperson added that for Apple, the general approach after discovering a violation is to communicate with the app developer to bring the platform up to standard."
"Tea Dating Advice did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider. In late July, Tea confirmed that the app had experienced a data breach that exposed about 72,000 images, some of which included users' selfies and driver's licenses used for identity verification. The company confirmed that some direct messages were also accessed in the breach. Lawsuits quickly followed."
Apple removed both Tea and TeaOnHer from the iOS App Store on October 21, following reports of inadequate content moderation, user privacy failures, and excessive user complaints including allegations that minors' personal information was posted. The Tea app enabled anonymous reviews of men and spawned copycats such as the male-oriented TeaOnHer. Tea experienced a data breach in late July that exposed about 72,000 images, including selfies and driver's licenses used for identity verification, and accessed some direct messages. Repeated communications with developers failed to resolve persistent issues. Lawsuits followed and Tea did not respond to requests for comment.
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