The app stolen did not appease U.S. Representative Katherine Clarke (D-MA). On Thursday she wrote a letter to Apple and Twitter with concerns over bullying in the app. She expressed concern over the language around “owning” someone else without their permission.
Not long after, Stolen’s creators pulled the game from the Apple AAPL 2.19% App Store.
In a message to Fortune, Siqi Chen, CEO of Hey, Inc., says, “People had concerns about their safety and being stolen on their app and we are trying to do the right thing.”
It’s easy to see why it might feel like a violation of one’s identity to learn that people are buying and selling them inside a game they’ve never played.
“Overall our perception has gone from a fun game about collecting people you love to human trafficking and we’re horrified by that as well,” Chen says.
P.S. the stolen app have announced that refunds are available if u follow the steps here: http://m.imore.com/how-to-get-refund-itunes-app-store
the official twitter page here: https://twitter.com/getstolen