Overview

• Tea maintains its No. 1 spot on Apple’s U.S. App Store with over 4 million women subscribed under a $14.99 monthly plan.
• The app’s safety toolkit includes AI-driven selfie verification, reverse-image ‘Catfish Finder’, background checks and sex-offender mapping.
• Men’s photos and details can be posted without consent, prompting attorneys to warn of potential defamation suits.
• Tea lacks a formal appeals or correction process, fueling debates over content takedowns and calls for regulatory oversight.
• A Fast Company report claims a breach exposed 72,000 verification photos and IDs, challenging Tea’s privacy safeguards.