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    Match Group's FTC Settlement: Privacy Breaches Cost Nothing, Billing Errors Cost Millions

    Match Group's FTC Settlement: Privacy Breaches Cost Nothing, Billing Errors Cost Millions

    Match Group settled with the FTC over OkCupid sharing user photos, location data, and personal information with AI firm …

    Tuesday 31st March (1 day ago) · 1 min readRead →
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    France's Charter: A Safety Move or Regulatory Overreach?

    France's Charter: A Safety Move or Regulatory Overreach?

    Match Group's Tinder and Meetic join Bumble and Grindr in signing French government charter targeting homophobic ambush …

    Monday 30th March (2 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
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    Cyberflashing Crackdown: Dating Apps Face Revenue-Tied Fines by 2026

    Cyberflashing Crackdown: Dating Apps Face Revenue-Tied Fines by 2026

    Dating platforms have until summer 2026 to comply with new UK cyberflashing regulations or face fines based on global re…

    Friday 27th March (5 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
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    Tinder's Mandatory Facial Verification: A Privacy Trade-Off the Industry Can't Ignore

    Tinder's Mandatory Facial Verification: A Privacy Trade-Off the Industry Can't Ignore

    Tinder has made video selfie facial verification compulsory for all new UK users, marking the dating industry's most agg…

    Thursday 26th March (6 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
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    Meta's $375M Verdict: A Legal Blueprint for Dating Apps' Age Verification Failures

    Meta's $375M Verdict: A Legal Blueprint for Dating Apps' Age Verification Failures

    A New Mexico jury awarded $375 million in civil penalties against Meta after a six-day deliberation Undercover accounts …

    Wednesday 25th March · 1 min readRead →
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    Hinge's Algorithm Denial: Transparency or Just Talk?

    Hinge's Algorithm Denial: Transparency or Just Talk?

    Jackie Jantos became Hinge CEO in January 2025, taking over from founder Justin McLeod after Match Group announced the s…

    Tuesday 24th March · 1 min readRead →
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    UK Dating Apps Face Existential Threat as Ofcom Enforces Child Safety Compliance

    UK Dating Apps Face Existential Threat as Ofcom Enforces Child Safety Compliance

    From 7 April 2025, every UK dating platform must detect and report child sexual exploitation and abuse material to the N…

    Thursday 19th March · 1 min readRead →
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    Grindr's Olympic Safety Protocols: A Necessary Revenue Sacrifice

    Grindr's Olympic Safety Protocols: A Necessary Revenue Sacrifice

    Grindr has disabled distance-based tracking and blocked external access within Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics athle…

    Wednesday 18th March · 1 min readRead →
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    DateMyAge's Safety Pledge Arrives Just Ahead of the Regulatory Wave

    DateMyAge's Safety Pledge Arrives Just Ahead of the Regulatory Wave

    Over 50 per cent of online daters have encountered 'some form of risk', according to DateMyAge figures Romance fraud cos…

    Wednesday 11th March · 1 min readRead →
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    Social Media Age Bans: Dating Apps Are Next in Line

    Social Media Age Bans: Dating Apps Are Next in Line

    At least ten countries have enacted or are actively reviewing social media bans for under-16s, following Australia's Dec…

    Monday 9th March · 1 min readRead →
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    Tinder's $60.5M Settlement: Age-Based Pricing's Legal Reckoning

    Tinder's $60.5M Settlement: Age-Based Pricing's Legal Reckoning

    Tinder agreed to pay $60.5M to settle a class action lawsuit over age-based pricing discrimination affecting subscribers…

    Thursday 5th March · 1 min readRead →
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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…

    Tuesday 3rd March · 1 min readRead →