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This Week in Dating Business
Grindr Pays $250 Million to Become a Healthcare Company
eHarmony's Australian Loss Is a Subscription Design Warning for Every Dating App
Feeld Grew 32% Last Year While the Big Apps Shrank
Tinder Launches Group Hangouts, Matching Friend Groups With Each Other
Google Goes on Trial in London Over Play Store Commissions
- PolicyeHarmony's Australian Loss Is a Subscription Design Warning for Every Dating App
An Australian court formally declared eHarmony's free-dating, auto-renewal and pricing practices unlawful. Penalties and redress are next.
PolicyAustralia Is Turning Dating Safety Into a Legal Duty. Here Is What It Costs.Dating apps will need annual written risk assessments under Australia's proposed digital duty of care. What it costs operators, and why it won't stay local.
PolicyCongress Passes the Romance Scam Prevention ActDating apps will have to warn users when someone they messaged is banned for fraud. Platforms get a year to comply once it's signed.
PolicySingapore's Government Launches Its Own Dating Service for Civil ServantsSingapore's GovTech launched FirstDate, a Singpass-verified dating pilot for public officers aged 21 to 35 that delivers one match per cycle.
PolicyOfcom Sets a Compliance Floor Only Big Dating Apps Can ClearOfcom's new Online Safety Act compliance guidance requires dating platforms serving UK users to implement highly effective age verification, rapid illegal content removal, and risk assessments coverin…
PolicyThe UK's Under-16 Ban Is a Dry Run for Dating Age ChecksThe UK government's proposed ban on social media for under-16s covers TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook, X, livestreaming services, and gaming platforms with communication features, legis…
PolicyA Claimed Grindr Breach Hits the Dark Web. Grindr Denies It.A cybercriminal identifying as "nilojeda" is attempting to sell an alleged database of 15 million Grindr (GRND) user records on dark web marketplaces, claiming the data includes usernames, email addre…
PolicyDatingBuzz Denies a 670,000-Record Breach and Answers NothingThreat actors claim to be selling 670,000 DatingBuzz user records on dark web forums, including emails, passwords, chat logs, and partner preferences. DatingBuzz denies the breach, stating the alleged…
PolicyCanadian Dating Operators Are Fighting the Wrong Fraud WarMore than 25% of fraudulent payment cases in Canada involve stolen credit cards and unauthorized charges, 32% higher than the global average of 19%. Nearly 12% of Canadian respondents reported experie…
PolicyOfcom Starts the Clock: UK Dating Apps Have Until AprilDating platforms must submit illegal content and children's risk assessments to Ofcom between April and July 2026, with record-keeping duties current by July 2026. Category 1 and 2 services, a classif…
PolicyMeta's Body-Scanning AI Sets the Age-Check Bar. Dating Is Next.Meta deployed AI that analyzes height, bone structure, and physical markers in photos to identify users under 13 on Facebook and Instagram, months after a New Mexico court ordered the company to pay $…
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