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    ODDA's Easy Win: Blocking Leviev's App Tests Industry's Real Resolve

    Simon Leviev, convicted in Israel in 2019 of fraud, theft, and forgery, is launching a dating app called Safe Love, posi…

    Friday 25th September (2 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
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    Match Group's Governance Under Fire: The Sentinel Data Dilemma

    Match Group's internal Sentinel database logged hundreds of sexual assault and violence reports weekly by 2022, tracking…

    Friday 25th September (2 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
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    DOWN's Fake Ticket Stunt: A Masterclass in Irresponsible Marketing

    DOWN dating app placed fake parking tickets with QR codes on vehicles at University of North Texas without authorisation…

    Friday 25th September (2 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
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    Romance Scam Prevention Act: A Compliance Burden or a Trust Opportunity?

    The US Senate has unanimously passed the Romance Scam Prevention Act, requiring dating apps to notify users within 24 ho…

    Friday 25th September (2 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
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    Dating Apps' Safety Crisis: A Regulatory Reckoning Looms

    99% of heterosexual women in Australia experienced tech-based abuse on dating platforms in the previous quarter, with in…

    Tuesday 22nd September (5 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
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    Australia's Digital Duty of Care: A Death Knell for Self-Regulation in Dating Apps

    99% of heterosexual women in Australia reported experiencing harmful behaviour on dating apps in the preceding three mon…

    Tuesday 22nd September (5 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
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    EU's Kids Act: Age Verification Becomes a Costly Mandate for Dating Apps

    The European Commission's proposed EU Kids Act would impose fines of up to 6% of global annual revenue for age verificat…

    Friday 18th September · 1 min readRead →
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    Anthropic Outsmarts Dating Apps: AI Fraud Detection Gap Exposed

    Anthropic detected 4,700 AI-generated dating profiles that engaged with at least 25,000 people in just two weeks The fra…

    Tuesday 15th September · 1 min readRead →
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    Grindr's £26M Settlement: A Manageable Cost for Privacy Breaches

    Grindr will pay £26 million to settle UK class action over sharing HIV status, sexual orientation, and ethnicity with an…

    Friday 11th September · 1 min readRead →
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    UK's Hash Matching Mandate: A Compliance Crunch for Dating Apps

    Dating platforms must implement hash matching technology by 30 September 2025, when Ofcom gains formal enforcement power…

    Thursday 10th September · 1 min readRead →
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    Australia's 'Feed Choice' Law: A Looming Challenge for Dating Apps

    Australia proposes mandatory 'feed choice' legislation requiring platforms to offer users algorithmic or chronological f…

    Wednesday 9th September · 1 min readRead →
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    Match and Bumble's AI Dreams Clash with Europe's Data Reality

    Europe's online dating market will grow from $1.15bn in 2025 to $1.63bn by 2031, representing a 5.99% compound annual gr…

    Friday 4th September · 1 min readRead →