Tinder includes new safety measures in its app to protect women

Tinder decided to strengthen its platform with additional security measures aimed at protecting its users. Dating app for Match group implemented a number of security services and formed an alliance with the collective to increase protection belonging women who use your service as part of the campaign.

The company behind the popular Appendix Dating is working to improve the experience of its female users, aiming to make it more secure with systems that can quickly and effectively report any misconduct issue from any member of the Tinder community they may contact.

Thus Match Group joined “No more”mitigation campaign domestic violence and that you want to deal with an alarming number abuse who are featured against women online, both on Tinder and other platforms with large online user bases.

Tinder changes your priorities

Renate Nyborgfirst CEO Tindersaid BBC news that women’s safety is now at the heart of the company, which also owns Programs the largest and most visited dating site in the world. Nyborg noted that security work Match group never ends, and that there is an important difference between knowing that something is important and feeling it.

“Like any woman, I can count all the experiences I’ve had that maybe I didn’t want to have, from how you’re treated, to how you’re treated at work, to how… This can happen when you are actively dating. I think all the women I talk to have had many similar experiences, and I believe there is strength in unity.”– commented the executive director of the network.

Also, Andrew Simon – group director End violence against women- He mentioned that dating apps like Tinder need to be proactive about abuse and all kinds of cases that are brought against women on their respective platforms.

“Dating apps are a very popular way to meet people. But there is also a really disturbing aspect to how rapists use this to their advantage to meet potential victims, which has led to an increase in the number of women being raped using dating apps. Technology companies such as Tinder they end up benefiting from a business model that ignores the abuse that their services encourage. It is imperative that they provide accounts to ensure user safety.” Simon added.

Tinder and its new abuse protection measures

Tinder advises women using his app to be alert for any signs that the user may find suspicious. To do this, it implements new functions that can perform this task.

first call – Do you want to review? seeks to stop the user’s activity in order to make them think about the message or content they sent through an automatic popup. If the message is sent despite this, an option will appear on the recipient’s mobile phone prompting them to report the specified material.

On the other hand, this is also “Tourist Alert”the function is clearly aimed at LGBTIQ+ community which alerts registered members of the Tinder community when they are in a country other than their country of residence whether their safety is legally guaranteed or not by automatically turning the service off and on.

These app implementations are in response to the alarming number of cases of sexual violence against women received in previous years. For example, National Crime Agency from United Kingdom determined that there is an increasing number of female victims under the age of 19 associated with online dating. Further evidence that 63% felt uncomfortable on a date initiated through an app like Tinder, and 33% were harassed or abused on those dates.

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