# Match Group's Roth details Tinder and Hinge India safety features > By Hayley Birkin | Edited by Bill Alena | Published: 2026-10-21T03:12:29.258868+00:00 | Section: Regulation | Source: https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/news/match-group-roth-tinder-hinge-india-safety-features | Publisher: Dating Industry Insights (High Intent Media Inc) 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. ## Key points - Match Group's Yoel Roth told Business Standard on 21 October 2026 that Tinder and Hinge require a video selfie at sign-up in India and let members block phone contacts. - Roth said screenshots are already blocked on Hinge and the functionality is being expanded to Tinder; no Tinder rollout date has been given. - Roth said an initial analysis shows Tinder and Hinge's checks reduced bad actors by 40 per cent; the baseline was not specified. - Tinder made Face Check mandatory for new Indian members in October 2025, and Hinge announced its India Screenshot Protection and Face Check on 28 September 2026. ## Article - Match Group's Yoel Roth told Business Standard that Tinder and Hinge require a video selfie at sign-up in India, and that members can block phone contacts. - Roth said screenshots are already blocked on Hinge and the feature is being expanded to Tinder, with no date given. - Roth said an initial analysis shows a 40 per cent reduction in bad actors on both apps; the baseline was not specified. - Roth said Match Group spends roughly $125M a year on safety across its platforms. Business Standard reported on 21 October that [Match Group](https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/companies/match-group) (MTCH) has introduced India-specific safety measures on Tinder and Hinge, according to Yoel Roth, the company's senior vice-president and head of trust and safety. The package covers screenshot blocking, the ability to block phone contacts so friends and family cannot see a profile, and a mandatory video selfie at sign-up. The interview is the first time DII has seen Match Group's safety chief tie these features together as an India strategy. It lands as the company leans on trust as a product argument in a market where romance fraud is a live concern, as [DII has reported](https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/news/study-35-indian-romance-fraud-cases-tracks-move-offline). ### The DII Take This is a sensible, India-shaped safety package, and the screenshot block in particular answers a specific fear rather than a generic one. But it is closer to a consolidation than a launch, and the headline 40 per cent figure arrives without a denominator. Treat it as a direction of travel, not evidence. The more interesting question is whether Match can make verification a selling point rather than a sign-up tax. ### Much of this is not new, and that is fine Tinder launched Face Check in India on 8 October 2025, according to its India press room. New members had to complete a mandatory video selfie, compared against their profile photos, and passing earned a Photo Verified badge. Tinder said at the time it had released more than 20 safety features in India. Hinge's own newsroom post of 28 September 2026 announced an updated India experience: a phased waitlist for some new users, Face Check, a Block List at onboarding and Screenshot Protection. Hinge says the screenshot block applies in India on profile surfaces (Discover, Likes You and Standouts), while conversation screenshots remain allowed so members can report concerns. So what Roth described is largely a rolling together of measures already announced. The genuinely new element is the Tinder screenshot expansion, which Roth said is under way. There is no Match Group or Tinder release on it, so DII cannot say when it arrives. DII has also not seen confirmation of whether existing members, rather than new sign-ups, must complete the selfie in India. ### What Roth said, and what it rests on On screenshots, Roth said: 'We heard a lot of concern, especially from women in India, that they were worried people would take screenshots of their profiles and share them on social media or with friends.' He added that Hinge has blocked the ability and Tinder is next. On verification, Business Standard reports Roth said the selfie helps detect AI-generated profiles and spot repeat or duplicate registrations, including those tied to criminal networks. 'We can keep known bad actors off our services,' he said. > Roth said an initial analysis shows the checks have reduced the number of bad actors on Tinder and Hinge by 40 per cent. That sentence carries the most weight and the least support. It is a company figure, described as an initial analysis, and the interview as reported does not say what the 40 per cent is measured against, or over what period. Operators should read it the way they would read any vendor's fraud-reduction claim: encouraging, unverified. Biometric checks also have critics. Digital Watch, citing WIRED, reports Tinder is extending mandatory Face Check to existing members in core markets such as the US and UK, phased in where local rules permit, after making it mandatory for new UK users in March 2026. Security researcher Katie Moussouris called facial scans as proof of identity 'security theater'. ### Scams, events and the commercial backdrop Business Standard also reports that Match has partnered with the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, part of the Ministry of Home Affairs, on a romance-scam awareness campaign. The apps will warn members when a match pushes to move to a peer-to-peer messaging app or quickly promises high investment returns. Roth said Events is likely to come to India soon. The commercial context is uneven. In Q2 2026, reported on 4 August, Match said Hinge revenue grew 22 per cent year on year with global monthly active users up 13 per cent, while Tinder's daily active user decline narrowed to 4 per cent, the best in 10 quarters. Investing.com's summary of the slides puts Tinder direct revenue at $457.5M, down 1 per cent, with 8.5M payers, down 5 per cent. Hinge direct revenue was $203.5M, up 22 per cent, with 2.0M payers, up 17 per cent. Hinge's India base is small. Forbes India reports industry experts estimate roughly 1.47M users, largely in the metros. A phased waitlist and mandatory selfie suggest Hinge is choosing quality over speed of onboarding. Roth said Match spends roughly $125M a year on safety across its platforms. ### What to watch Three things. First, whether Tinder gives the screenshot block a date and a scope similar to Hinge's. Second, whether Match publishes the method behind the 40 per cent figure. Third, whether the in-app warnings on off-platform moves and investment promises show up in reported fraud numbers from Indian authorities. - Match Group is packaging existing and new safety tools as an India strategy; the Tinder screenshot block is the only clearly new element, and it has no date. - The claimed 40 per cent reduction in bad actors on Tinder and Hinge is an early company figure with no stated baseline, so compliance and trust teams should not benchmark against it yet. - Mandatory biometric checks are spreading across Tinder markets, and critics such as Katie Moussouris question their value as identity proof. **Sources:** [Hinge Introduces a More Intentional Way to Find Love in India (Hinge newsroom)](https://hinge.co/newsroom/india-experience); [Tinder Launches New Safety Feature In India to Fight Bots and Boost Authenticity (Tinder India press room)](https://in.tinderpressroom.com/2025-10-08-Tinder-Launches-New-Safety-Feature-In-India-to-Fight-Bots-and-Boost-Authenticity); [Match Group second quarter 2026 results, Exhibit 99.1 (Match Group / SEC)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000891103/000089110326000128/mtch8-k20260804ex991.htm); [Focus on safety paramount, says Match Group's Senior V-P Yoel Roth (Business Standard)](https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/focus-on-safety-paramount-says-match-group-s-senior-v-p-yoel-roth-126102000593_1.html); [Match Group Q2 2026 slides reveal profitability gains amid revenue slip (Investing.com)](https://www.investing.com/news/company-news/match-group-q2-2026-slides-reveal-profitability-gains-amid-revenue-slip-93CH-4836218); [Tinder expands mandatory Face Check biometric verification to existing users (Digital Watch)](https://dig.watch/updates/tinder-expands-biometric-verification); [Hinge is launching safety features specifically for India: CEO Jackie Jantos (Forbes India)](https://www.forbesindia.com/article/leadership/hinge-is-launching-safety-features-specifically-for-india-ceo-jackie-jantos/2998837/1) ## Key takeaways - Match Group is presenting existing Tinder and Hinge verification tools as an India strategy; only the Tinder screenshot block is clearly new, and it has no date. - The 40 per cent bad-actor reduction Yoel Roth cited is an unverified early company figure with no stated baseline, so trust and safety teams should not benchmark against it. - Mandatory biometric checks are spreading across Tinder markets while critics such as Katie Moussouris call facial scans 'security theater', a tension compliance teams must weigh. ## FAQ ### What India safety features have Tinder and Hinge introduced? According to Match Group's Yoel Roth in Business Standard, both apps require a video selfie at sign-up and let members block phone contacts. Hinge already blocks profile screenshots and Tinder is being given the same. ### Is Tinder's India screenshot blocking live yet? Roth said the functionality is being expanded to Tinder, but no date was given and there is no Match Group or Tinder release confirming it. ### How much have Tinder and Hinge reduced bad actors in India? Roth said an initial analysis shows a 40 per cent reduction in bad actors on Tinder and Hinge. It is a company figure and the baseline was not specified. --- Canonical: https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/news/match-group-roth-tinder-hinge-india-safety-features Citation: "Dating Industry Insights" (https://www.datingindustryinsights.com)