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    •Malaysia Blocks Grindr and Blued. It's Political Theatre, Not Real Censorship.•Steven Bartlett Just Backed a Pre-Revenue Dating App. The Industry Should Pay Attention.•Threads Wants to Own Private Conversation. Dating Apps Built Their Moat on Exactly That.•Bumble Is Losing Paying Users. Calling It an AI Strategy Does Not Change That.•Grindr Just Posted the Numbers Every Other Dating App Wishes It Had•Malaysia Blocks Grindr and Blued. It's Political Theatre, Not Real Censorship.•Steven Bartlett Just Backed a Pre-Revenue Dating App. The Industry Should Pay Attention.•Threads Wants to Own Private Conversation. Dating Apps Built Their Moat on Exactly That.•Bumble Is Losing Paying Users. Calling It an AI Strategy Does Not Change That.•Grindr Just Posted the Numbers Every Other Dating App Wishes It Had

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    Malaysia Blocks Grindr and Blued. It's Political Theatre, Not Real Censorship.

    Malaysia Blocks Grindr and Blued. It's Political Theatre, Not Real Censorship.

    Malaysia's MCMC has implemented domain-level blocks on Grindr and Blued websites, marking Southeast Asia's most direct L…

    1d ago · 1 min readRead →
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    Meta Is Suing the Scammers Who Use Its Platform to Run Romance Fraud. Years Too Late, But Here We Are.

    Meta Is Suing the Scammers Who Use Its Platform to Run Romance Fraud. Years Too Late, But Here We Are.

    Meta filed three lawsuits against Brazil-based scam operations and one against a Vietnam group, plus issued cease-and-de…

    5d ago · 1 min readRead →
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    Romance Scams Extracted $1.16B in Nine Months. The Industry Owns Part of That Number.

    Romance Scams Extracted $1.16B in Nine Months. The Industry Owns Part of That Number.

    Romance fraud extracted $1.16B from US victims in the first nine months of 2025, marking a 22% year-on-year increase in …

    6d ago · 1 min readRead →
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    Malaysia Blocks Grindr and Blued. The Regulatory Risk GRND Investors Keep Ignoring.

    Malaysia Blocks Grindr and Blued. The Regulatory Risk GRND Investors Keep Ignoring.

    Malaysia's MCMC has blocked Grindr and Blued, affecting a market of 33 million people in the most explicit state-level b…

    6d ago · 1 min readRead →
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    Discord Misclassified 90% of Users as Adults. Age Verification Cannot Be This Hard.

    Discord Misclassified 90% of Users as Adults. Age Verification Cannot Be This Hard.

    Discord classified 90% of users as adults using behavioural signals alone—account tenure, payment history, and participa…

    25 Feb 2026 · 1 min readRead →
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    X's DSA Appeal: A Precedent That Could Redefine Trust in Dating Apps

    X's DSA Appeal: A Precedent That Could Redefine Trust in Dating Apps

    X filed a €120M appeal against the European Commission's DSA fine for converting blue checkmarks from identity verificat…

    24 Feb 2026 · 1 min readRead →
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    Instagram Is Becoming a Reels App. Every Dating Brand That Ignored Short-Form Video Just Ran Out of Time.

    Instagram Is Becoming a Reels App. Every Dating Brand That Ignored Short-Form Video Just Ran Out of Time.

    Meta is testing an Instagram redesign that opens directly to Reels and introduces a customisable feed hub Users are shar…

    24 Feb 2026 · 1 min readRead →
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    Japan Made Dating App Fraud Illegal. The Rest of the World Is Watching.

    Japan Made Dating App Fraud Illegal. The Rest of the World Is Watching.

    Dating apps now account for 25.1% of marriages amongst Japanese couples aged 30 and under, the highest share amongst all…

    20 Feb 2026 · 1 min readRead →
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    Swept Built an In-App Date Planner and Required Government ID. One of Those Is a Good Idea.

    Swept Built an In-App Date Planner and Required Government ID. One of Those Is a Good Idea.

    Swept dating app introduces in-app Date Planner tool allowing users to build, propose, and confirm date itineraries with…

    20 Feb 2026 · 1 min readRead →
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    Australia Banned Teens From Social Media. Snap Lost 3 Million Daily Users. Dating Apps Are Next.

    Australia Banned Teens From Social Media. Snap Lost 3 Million Daily Users. Dating Apps Are Next.

    Snapchat has shut down or restricted 415,000 Australian teen accounts since the under-16 social media ban took effect Sn…

    20 Feb 2026 · 1 min readRead →
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    Meta Is Killing Messenger.com. The Users Who Hid From Facebook on It Deserve Better.

    Meta Is Killing Messenger.com. The Users Who Hid From Facebook on It Deserve Better.

    Meta will shut down the standalone messenger.com website in April 2026, redirecting desktop users to facebook.com/messag…

    20 Feb 2026 · 1 min readRead →
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    Bluesky's Encryption Outsourcing: A Liability for Dating Apps?

    Bluesky's Encryption Outsourcing: A Liability for Dating Apps?

    Bluesky integrated Germ DM, a third-party encrypted messaging app, via profile badges in February 2026 rather than build…

    19 Feb 2026 · 1 min readRead →