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Online dating giant Match Group is slow to remove dangerous daters, investigation finds


A team of journalists looked into safety on dating apps such as Tinder and Hinge. They found that it's easy for people accused of assault to keep using them.

Michel Martin: In your reporting, you start with a disturbing case involving a cardiologist in Denver who was, in October, sentenced to a lengthy prison term after a jury convicted him for sexually assaulting and drugging multiple women. We quoted one of these employees,Michael Lawrie,who said he was sometimes spending hours on a case, and felt a lot of pressure to speed up.These investigators are not cheap, and the company really wanted to go a cheaper route. Dugdale: I think the issue here is that Match Group knows there are people on their apps who are on there to harm others, and they could share that information so that users could assess their risk and decide whether or not they want to use that platform.

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Bumble Has Lost 92% of Its Value in 4 Years Shares of rival Match Group, whose portfolio includes Tinder and Hinge, have also dropped significantly — about 79% since peaking in April 2021.