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2025-06-30

Tinder is mandating face checks for California residents

Tinder is requiring new users in California to verify their identities by using facial recognition, according to a report by Axios. The policy goes into effect today as a test program. The obvious reason behind this is to make sure people are who they say they are. Dating apps, after all, are a haven for scammers.


The platform's Face Check feature prompts users to make a short video selfie. The face scan confirms the identity of the user by matching biometric indicators with profile photos. It also checks to see if the face has been use [...]

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2025-06-17

Tinder now lets you find double dates with friends

Tinder has officially launched a new feature that will help you find people to double date with a friend. The dating service says it's a "low-pressure, group-first" way to date, but rea [...]

Match Score: 132.60

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2025-05-29

Tinder is testing height preferences

Tinder helped popularize a modern dating culture that puts looks first, and now the app is trying out a new way to capitalize on it. As part of a test, select Tinder Gold and Tinder Platinum subscribe [...]

Match Score: 123.76

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2025-04-29

Tinder Swindler survivor launches identity verifier to fight scams

A Tinder Swindler survivor has launched a tool to fight the scams that upended her life.  Pernilla Sjöholm, who starred in Netflix’s hit documentary The Tinder Swindler, cofounded the platform — [...]

Match Score: 61.88

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2025-08-26

Meta is launching a California super PAC

Meta is throwing its resources behind a new super PAC in California. According to Politico, the group will support state-level political candidates who espouse tech-friendly policies, particularly tho [...]

Match Score: 55.05

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2025-06-02

Tinder tests a controversial height filter as paying users for dating apps keep dropping

Love is a lot less lucrative lately—if you’re the company that owns Tinder (MTCH), Hinge and OKCupid. Read more... [...]

Match Score: 44.20

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2025-05-22

Senate votes to kill California's gas-powered vehicle restrictions

The United States Senate voted 51-44 mostly across party lines on Wednesday to repeal a waiver granted by the Biden administration's Environmental Protection Agency, allowing the state of Califor [...]

Match Score: 41.29

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2025-01-16

UK demands adult content sites introduce 'effective' age verification methods

The UK has spent over a decade attempting to regulate who can access adult content online and has failed, again and again. But things might just change, as OfCom, the country's government-approve [...]

Match Score: 38.79

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2025-02-13

Investigation finds Match Group failed to act on reports of sexual assault

A new investigation from The Markup claims the parent company of Tinder, Hinge, OKCupid and other dating apps turns a blind eye to allegedly abusive users on its platforms. The 18-month investigation [...]

Match Score: 35.36

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2025-02-28

Tunic and 400 other games can be yours for just $10 thanks to a charity Itch.io bundle

Developer Necrosoft Games has assembled another huge bundle of games on Itch.io to support a good cause. It includes more than 400 games that can be yours if you pony up at least $10 to support wildfi [...]

Match Score: 32.11