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Match Group Faces Scrutiny Over Dating Apps' Role in Enabling Sexual Assaults

  • Match Group, owner of dating apps like Tinder and Hinge, has been criticized for not adequately banning users reported for sexual assault, as shown by the case of Stephen Matthews.
  • Stephen Matthews was reported for assault multiple times and was eventually sentenced to 158 years for drugging and assaulting 11 women, with Match Group having received reports about his behavior since 2020.
  • Despite promises for a Transparency Report, Match Group has not published data on user safety and continues to face scrutiny regarding its practices.
  • Internal records indicate that Match Group knew about users like Matthews for years but failed to take significant action to protect others.
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Dating app cover-up: How Tinder, Hinge and their corporate owner keep rape under wraps

Illustration by Anson Chan The Dating Apps Reporting Project is an 18-month investigation. It was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network and The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, and copublished with The Guardian and The 19th.  When a young woman in Denver met up with a smiling cardiologist she matched with on the dating app Hinge, she had no way of knowing that the company behind the app had already receive…

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Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, Owned by Match Group, Track Reports of Rape. Why Don’t They Warn Users?

Match Group, the tech company that owns Match.com, OkCupid, Hinge, Tinder and other popular dating services, has known for years which users have been accused of sexual assault and rape, but kept those reports hidden from others on the app, according to a new investigation. Match Group controls half of the world’s online dating market and facilitates meetups for millions of people in scores of countries around the world. “Match Group is aware of

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Dating apps could be in trouble – here's what might take their place

For some Gen Zs, meeting online through shared hobbies is an alternative to the tyranny of the swipe.

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Dating app cover-up: how Tinder, Hinge, and their corporate owner keep rape under wraps

The company behind more than a dozen dating apps, Match Group, has known for years about the abusive users on its platforms, but chooses to leave millions of people in the dark

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Man accused of raping at least 5 women he met on dating apps: ‘Insanely heinous’

A Missouri man is accused of raping at least five women he met on dating apps, officials said.

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Victims' stories highlight risks of online dating as investigation unfolds

Dating apps have become a common way to meet potential partners, but they can also serve as hunting grounds for predators.In Tulsa, police are investigating af

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KSDK broke the news in St. Louis, United States on Wednesday, February 12, 2025.
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