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Match Group's Yoel Roth told Business Standard Tinder and Hinge require video selfies in India, with screenshot blocks and a claimed 40% bad-actor drop.

A peer-reviewed study of 35 Indian dating-app fraud cases finds 25 moved to in-person meetings, with losses from INR 7,000 to INR 9 crore.

Daejon Love, 35, pleaded not guilty in Portland to wire fraud conspiracy over alleged dating-profile scams. An earlier DOJ release cites 26 victims and $1.3M.

The FTC sued Ohio-based Digital Forensics and CEO Dmitry Belkin over a sextortion relief scheme it says took at least $60M, and says it won a temporary halt.

A Hassan-led congressional report says Tinder left scam models stale for years as median scammer reach rose more than sevenfold. Match disputes parts.

Norway's regulator fined Microsoft's Xandr NOK 92M ($9.6M) for using Grindr user data in ad auctions without valid consent. What it means for dating apps.

ODDA has launched a Consumer Safety Panel of survivors, users and experts to test dating app safety features and shape its standards.

Australia's Federal Court formally declared eharmony misled users on renewals, pricing and free dating. eharmony plans to appeal; penalty still to come.

Ofcom data shows more than one in ten 15- to 17-year-olds accessed three major UK dating apps despite age checks, as the under-16 social media ban nears.

UNC Chapel Hill research finds one in five of 2,300 middle-school students use AI chatbots for emotional companionship, a risk for dating apps.

Coffee Meets Bagel says it is the only Singapore dating app with Singpass, and the Ministry of Law has recognised its support of the OSRAA.

ODDA has asked Apple and Google to scrutinise Simon Leviev's planned dating app Safe Love before approval, citing his 2019 fraud conviction in Israel.

A pension fund sued Match Group in Delaware on 23 September over board communications about Sentinel, its database of assault and violence reports.

Dating app DOWN put fake parking tickets with QR codes on vehicles at University of North Texas without authorisation in September.

The US Senate passed the Romance Scam Prevention Act on 23rd September, requiring dating apps to notify users within 24 hours when a match is banned.

99% of heterosexual women in Australia experienced tech-based abuse on dating platforms in the previous quarter, a Behavioural Insights Team study found.

Australia's proposed Digital Duty of Care would make dating app safety legally binding, with 99% of surveyed heterosexual women reporting harm.

The proposed EU Kids Act would fine platforms up to 6% of global annual revenue for age verification failures, raising stakes for dating apps.

Anthropic detected 4,700 AI-generated dating profiles that engaged with at least 25,000 people in two weeks, before the dating platforms did.

Grindr will pay £26 million to settle a UK class action over alleged sharing of HIV status and other sensitive data with analytics firms.