It’s not the opposite of Tinder, exactly, but you might not get to try it anyway.
Created by advocacy group Lady Parts Justice, Hinder is an app designed to help Tindering millennials make sense of where politicians stand on issues like Planned Parenthood, abortion, and LGBT rights. Instead of scoring you a date, swiping lets you learn what about your elected officials think about reproductive rights.
There’s just one problem—Hinder isn’t available in the App Store. When LPJ submitted it to Apple, it was denied, the Huffington Post reports. Apple reportedly cited Rule 14, which states that “Any App that is defamatory, offensive, mean-spirited, or likely to place the targeted individual or group in harm’s way will be rejected.”
The problem is, there’s a caveat to Rule 14: “Professional political satirists and humorists are exempt from the ban on offensive or mean-spirited commentary.” I’d say Winstead, and the long list of professional humorists and writers who support LPJ fall into that category.
Apple didn’t respond to a request for comment at press time.
The comedians and writers behind Lady Parts Justice include The Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead, and Arun Chaudhary, the White House’s first official videographer.
The app clearly satirizes wildly popular dating app Tinder while taking comedic elements similar to The Daily Show‘s biting and insightful critique on politics and culture and mashing it into one great app. It takes just seconds to learn where your local leaders stand on different issues, and it also links you to news about them backing up the facts.
A video describing the application explains it as The Daily Show meets Facebook meets Tinder—”new technological innovation that gives YOU access to all the people who want access to YOU.”
In addition, it’s unclear how the app itself is defamatory or likely to place politicians in harm’s way—it cites news sources and doesn’t condone violence of any kind. If anything, it helps to educate people on whether or not the people they vote for believe in similar things.
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