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Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Congress Investigates TeaOnHer App for Letting Men Post About Women Without Their Consent

Is chatting about a woman without her express permission illegal? Some members of the House of Representatives seem to think so. They've sent investigative demands to an app called TeaOnHer over it allowing users to post images, information, and sometimes mean or sexually explicit comments about women "without their consent."

It sounds like the kind of thing that might have riled up some niche feminist bloggers 10 years ago. But because we live in the weirdest timeline, the investigation comes from two Republican lawmakers, Reps. James Comer of Kentucky and Nancy Mace of South Carolina.

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