Anonymous app Secret has come under fire as a rumor mill for bullying, and a judge in Brazil has ordered Apple, Microsoft, and Google to make Secret unavailable in their app stores to people in Brazil. The judgment was brought to light following reports of students wanting to leave school because of rumors spread on the app. Since technical implications to remove Secret from users’ phones may not be feasible for app store providers, preventing the trend of anonymous bullying from growing globally will be difficult without cooperation from the app’s founders. (PandoDaily)
