London (IT Boltwise)-The anonymous question app Sendit is the focus of an FTC complaint that raises serious allegations of data abuse and deception. The app, which is particularly popular with young people, is said to have illegally collected data from children and misleaded users with fake messages.
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has submitted a complaint against the anonymous question app Sendit, which is particularly popular with generation Z and younger users. The accusation: Singit has illegally collected data from children, users deceived about the origin of news and tempt them to pay memberships. This app enables users to send questions about platforms such as Instagram, TikTok or Snapchat, which makes it popular, especially in young people.
After suspending similar apps such as Yolo and LMK on Snapchat in 2021, which was made due to a complaint in connection with the suicide of a child, Singit experienced a rapid increase in downloads. The app recorded 3.5 million downloads within a short time because users searched for alternatives. However, reports soon arose that Singit and similar apps misled users with fake messages and offered in-app purchases to supposedly reveal the identity of the sender.
The FTC complaint underpins these reports and accuses Sendit, users with provocative but fake messages such as “Would you ever go out with me?” or “Have you ever taken drugs?” to deceive. Users who wanted to experience the identity of the supposed sender were able to acquire a “Diamond Membership” for $ 9.99. But the FTC claims that it was not clear that it was a weekly recurring subscription and not a one -off payment. In addition, users received incorrect information when unveiling the identity if the news of Singit himself came.
Another serious accusation of the FTC concerns the illegal collection of data from users under the age of 13 without parental consent, which violates the Coppa Act (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act). The FTC refers to an incident from 2022, in which more than 116,000 users provide for being under 13 years old without sending the parents or asking for permission. These practices skill light on the challenges associated with the regulation of apps that are aimed at young users.
Singit also came under criticism because it was marketed in app store evaluations as a “Sendit Reveal”, an app that was supposed to reveal the senders of anonymous messages. When Techcrunch asked the founder of the founder Hunter Rice about these practices, he rejected the allegations as “clickbait” and emphasized that there were many positive aspects of the app that were reported.
In 2022, Sendit also sued a competitor, NGL, with the claim that he stole the idea of the fake anonymous questions and other business secrets. NGL had to set this practice in order to be able to stay in the App Store, which illustrates the challenges in the competition for supremacy in the area of anonymous question apps.
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