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PolicyTinder Settles $60.5M Lawsuit Over Age-Based Pricing, Forcing Founders to Reevaluate Pricing StrategiesTinder will pay $60.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit over age-based pricing discrimination for premium subscriptions The lawsuit claimed older users were charged significantly more than...
PolicyOfcom Pushes Age Assurance in Online Dating: Founders Must ActOfcom has published its first Use of Age Assurance Report 2026, evaluating how online services implement age checks under the Online Safety Act across pornography, social media, and online dating...
PolicySumsub and ODDA Urge Dating Apps to Combat AI-Driven FraudA new white paper from Sumsub and ODDA examines how AI technologies like deepfakes and synthetic identities are enabling more sophisticated romance fraud on dating platforms. The report proposes a...
PolicyOfcom Tightens Online Safety Act Rules for Dating Apps: Compliance is CrucialOfcom publishes new update on Online Safety Act enforcement, with key deadline of 31 July 2026 for risk assessment submissions Dating and social discovery services face new guidance on fraud...
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…
PolicyTexas's App Store Age Law Hits Dating Apps. Three States Watch.Texas's App Store Accountability Act requires all under-18s to link app store accounts to parental profiles for download monitoring; the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court block, al…
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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