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Ashley Madison’s Scandals
MIRROR.CO.UK – June 10 – Ashley Madison has now launched a coaching service to help clients betray their other halves and get away with it. The site claims ~60M member accounts worldwide. The new feature is marketed especially towards older men who have less experience in having affairs, according to the site's chief strategy officer Paul Keable. Many thought the controversial site was finished in 2015 when it was invaded by hackers who released the private list of members to the public. The hackers also exposed Ashley Madison itself as a 'cheat'. In 2016 the website admitted tricking its males users into signing up by using 'fembots' impersonating real women. It was subsequently reported that 70K of the sites female users were allegedly robots. The company claimed to have discontinued the practice in North America in 2014 and internationally in 2015, although offered no evidence of this.
Ashley Madison to Offer Dating Coaches
INSIDER – June 6 – Ashley Madison, the dating app known for helping people find affair partners, is testing a dating coach feature in its app. The feature is marketed especially toward older men who don't have experience with online dating, according to Ashley Madison Chief Strategy Officer Paul Keable. The feature is currently in its testing phase in Brazil and the US, where selected existing users have been able to try it out since March.
CEO of Seeking Arrangement Offers to Pay For Abortions
DAILY WIRE – June 4 – On Tuesday, Brandon Wade, the founder of the Sugar Daddy dating site Seeking Arrangement, released a video titled, "Brandon Wade Offers to Pay For Abortions," in which he offered to pay the freight for women who need to travel to another state to have an abortion. A new Alabama law banned abortion with the exception of cases where the mother's life is in danger. He said the new law targeted the "weakest and the poorest amongst us." He claimed the new Alabama law is "designed to keep the poor, poor."
by Hank Berrien
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Brussels Court Slaps Fine on RichMeetBeautiful Dating Site
BRUSSELS TIMES – May 8 – Brussels' correctional court has ruled against dating site RichMeetBeautiful, declaring it guilty of "encouraging sexual immorality or prostitution". The site's owner, Sigurd Vedal, was dealt a suspended six-month prison sentence and ordered to pay ~€200K fine. The ruling follows a 2017 lawsuit after the site targeted students at the Free University of Brussels with controversial ads. The court slapped an additional €240K fine on the site's parent company, Digisec Media Limited, ordering it to pay an additional amount to the university for damages. The site remains blocked in Belgium.
AdultFriendFinder Data Breach Suit Kicked to Arbitration
LAW360 – May 6 – A class action seeking to hold AdultFriendFinder.com accountable for its 2016 data breach that allegedly released the personal information of 339M users must go to arbitration, a California federal judge ordered this week.
Ashley Madison to Launch TV Campaign
THE DRUM – Apr 15 – Ashley Madison's latest TV campaign features two female members who are cheating. The ad reveals what women like most about their affairs. It will be running from April 15 to May 11 on the Viacom network's Paramount TV station.
LinkedIn Stops ‘KinkedIn’ Dating Site’s TM Bid
WIPR – Apr 8 – Linkedin has been successful in halting the registration of sexual fetish interest site, 'KinkedIn'. On April 4, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) ruled 'KinkedIn' could not be registered after LinkedIn said the mark was highly similar to its own trademark and will cause consumers to believe there is a connection between the two companies. JK Solutions applied to register the KinkedIn trademark for services including "personal introductions, computer dating services and video dating services" in 2017.
Feeld: A Dating App for Three, Plus
NEW YORK TIMES – Mar 20 – Feeld app was released in 2014 by Dimo Trifonov and Ana Kirova, two graphic designers living in London, as 3nder. They hoped to appeal to individuals and partners looking to join or have threesomes. But after Tinder filed a lawsuit and the company rebranded as Feeld , the founders said they welcomed the opportunity to expand the mission of the app. "Feeld is a platform for alternative dating, for people who are beyond labels," said Ms. Kirova. ~35% of users are on the app with a partner, and 45% identify as something other than heterosexual. The company struggled to find funding at first. Many investors considered the app "adult entertainment," which venture capitalists tend to avoid. Eventually an angel investor swooped in to save Feeld, but the fact that the business is sex-related has presented other challenges. The money transfer app TransferWise temporarily blocked Feeld's ability to collect money for paid memberships. Mr. Trifonov also claims he was refused an office rental because the landlord didn't approve of the nature of their business. Now, the company is up and running more or less smoothly, with 20 people employed.
Ashley Madison Reaches 60 Million Members
PR NEWSWIRE – Mar 18 – Ashley Madison has released its Report on Customer Statistics for the year of 2018, claiming ~14,500 new member accounts were added on average each day. The report has further revealed that for every active paid male account there was 1.11 active female accounts created in 2018. The site surpassed the 60M member mark in February.
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