Tinder And Grindr Don’t Want To Talk About Their Role In Rising STDs
Posted on November 14, 2017
VOX – Nov 13 – According to a September report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were ~2M cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis reported in the US in 2016 – the highest cumulative number ever recorded. Health experts increasingly view apps and sites such as Tinder, Grindr, and OkCupid as enablers of high-risk sex, helping people meet and hook up more efficiently than ever before. Many of the major dating networks don't want to be involved in STD prevention, nor have they acknowledged the impact they're having on public health. In the UK, the National Health Service is pushing major networks like Tinder and Grindr to advertise places that provide free (or affordable) condoms because of the role they're playing the rise of sexually transmitted diseases among young men who have sex with men.
