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    Lorraine Adams' AI-Powered Platform: Independent Guide or Affiliate Play?

    Lorraine Adams' AI-Powered Platform: Independent Guide or Affiliate Play?

    Lorraine Adams, who introduced speed dating to the UK in the 1990s, has relaunched her dating services directory as an A…

    Tuesday 31st March (1 day ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Regulatory Monitor
    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 →
    Regulatory Monitor
    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 →
    Technology & AI Lab
    Hinge's AI Dilemma: Engagement Gains at the Cost of Connection?

    Hinge's AI Dilemma: Engagement Gains at the Cost of Connection?

    Match Group reported 15.9M paying subscribers across all brands in Q4 2024, down from 16.3M the prior year 43% of US adu…

    Monday 30th March (2 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Financial & Investor
    Match's Tinder Gamble: Can an Outsider CEO Reverse a 21% Download Decline?

    Match's Tinder Gamble: Can an Outsider CEO Reverse a 21% Download Decline?

    Tinder downloads collapsed from 61 million in 2021 to 48 million in 2025—a 21% decline Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff h…

    Monday 30th March (2 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Regulatory Monitor
    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 →
    Data & Analytics
    AI Intimacy in India: A Wake-Up Call for Dating Apps 

    AI Intimacy in India: A Wake-Up Call for Dating Apps 

    49% of partnered Indians have engaged in sexual or intimate interactions with AI at least once, according to a March 202…

    Friday 27th March (5 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Regulatory Monitor
    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 →
    Data & Analytics
    AI's Double-Edged Sword: UK Daters Embrace Tech They Distrust

    AI's Double-Edged Sword: UK Daters Embrace Tech They Distrust

    36% of UK online daters now use AI to write profiles or messages, up from 21% a year ago 66% of singles say they'd be le…

    Thursday 26th March (6 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Financial & Investor
    Friending's £5M Bet: Misdiagnosing the Friendship App Problem

    Friending's £5M Bet: Misdiagnosing the Friendship App Problem

    Friending has raised £5M in seed funding to launch a platonic friendship app that forces users to meet within 48 hours o…

    Thursday 26th March (6 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Technology & AI Lab
    Keeper's AI Attraction Model: Brutal Honesty or Algorithmic Recklessness?

    Keeper's AI Attraction Model: Brutal Honesty or Algorithmic Recklessness?

    Keeper, a Y Combinator-backed dating app, uses proprietary AI to rate users' physical attractiveness as its primary matc…

    Thursday 26th March (6 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Data & Analytics
    Narrative Profiles Outperform Lists: A Data-Driven Challenge for Dating Apps

    Narrative Profiles Outperform Lists: A Data-Driven Challenge for Dating Apps

    Match Group charges $39.99 per month for Tinder Platinum profile guidance, whilst Bumble Premium includes expert profile…

    Wednesday 25th March · 1 min readRead →