Apple removes Vybe Together app used to arrange parties during Covid

Apple has pulled an American app that encouraged users to meet at secret underground gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Vybe Together app, which promoted private parties, has been removed from the Apple App Store, had its account on TikTok banned, and scrubbed most of its online presence, with the app’s creators telling The Verge that Apple had banned it.

Vybe Together billed itself on TikTok and its website as a place to organise and attend mostly illegal parties in contravention of social distancing laws, using the tagline “Get your rebel on. Get your party on.”.

“Miss playing beer pong, flirting with strangers, and generally just having a blast with the crew? Vybe is here for you,” the website read.