article_snippet.sent: An app which allows users to superimpose images of gory injuries to photos of themselves has been slammed for 'making a mockery of violence'.
article_snippet.sent: Anti-violence charities have hit back at the disturbing app for trivialising, or 'glorifying' abuse and brutality.
article_snippet.sent: App makes a mockery of their injuries and what their have been/are going through.'
article_snippet.sent: According to App's description, issued by the app's description developer Appdicated, the app's description main purpose is to prank friends and family. '
article_snippet.sent: Not so hilarious: the app's description reads, 'Your friends and family will be convinced that you have suffered a painful beating' Backlash: Anti-violence charities have accused the app of 'making a mockery' of abuse and 'glorifying violence' Appdicated founder Rory Boyer defended the app, stating: ‘Scars and bruises do not have to come from violence and this app was created to prank friends and not to glorify violence.
article_snippet.sent: Although this app is not intended for use by those under the age of 17, photos exist on Twitter of at least one young boy posing in at least one young boy pajamas with this app's injuries covering at least one young boy face, captioned: 'his face has been injured.
article_snippet.sent: And one iTunes review reads: 'I had so much fun mutilating at least one young boy and the rest of my family.
article_snippet.sent: Appdicated founder Rory Boyer insists that Appdicated founder Rory Boyer company has not been contacted by a single anti-violence charity and says any concerns over the suitability of this app are 'very surprising to hear'.
highlights_snippet.sent: App boasts that your friends will think you've suffered a 'painful beating'
  Anti-violence charities have slammed App for making a mockery of abuse .