US EditionMatch 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
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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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