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OPINDIA – Grindr started disappearing from several app stores available in China after its cyberspace authority launched an internet clean-up campaign to ensure a "healthy, festive and auspicious online environment".
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BBC – The number of reported sexual offences linked to dating apps doubled between 2017 and 2020. Young people from across the UK have told BBC Three that their reports of sexual assault and harassment were ignored by dating apps. A survey carried out for new BBC Three documentary Dating's Dangerous Secrets, suggests a quarter of people who have used dating platforms in the last four years experienced sexual assault while on a date, whilst a third said they experienced harassment or abuse on a dating app. Of those who said they'd reported someone to the service, almost half said they were dissatisfied with the dating platform's response. Many of the free dating apps and platforms do not carry out mandatory identity verification, meaning anyone with a phone number and email address can sign up to their services. Tinder announced last year that they would roll out the option to verify your account on the platform, but this is currently still voluntary.
PROTOCOL – Match Chief Product Officer Dushyant Saraph explains why VR could be the next big thing in dating.
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BUSTLE – Austin Kevitch launched Lox Club over the pandemic, after a bad breakup. "I was at the age where my grandma would joke, 'When are you going to bring home a nice Jewish girl?'", said Austin. While the members-only dating app is billed for "Jews with ridiculously high standards," it's really for anyone with a sense of humor. "I don't like dating apps; they're very inorganic and awkward," Kevitch says. "So I wanted to make a more fun, immersive experience where maybe you'll meet people as a byproduct and not take it so seriously."