Australia’s online dating industry adopts code of conduct to keep users safer


The code requires the platforms’ systems to detect potential incidents of online-enabled harm and demands that the accounts of some offenders are terminated. — AP

MELBOURNE, Australia: A code of conduct will be enforced on the online dating industry to better protect Australian users after research found that three-in-four people suffer some form of sexual violence through the platforms, Australia’s government said on Oct 1.

Bumble, Grindr and Match Group Inc, a Texas-based company that owns platforms including Tinder, Hinge, OKCupid and Plenty of Fish, have agreed to the code that took effect on Oct 1, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said.

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