Multiple women say online-dating platforms aren’t removing the profiles of men who’ve assaulted them — leaving others at risk
Photo: d3sign/Getty Images Imagine the horrifying shock of seeing a man who has raped you appear in your feed of potential matches while you swipe through a dating app — the same one through which you initially met your rapist, and to which you have reported him for criminal behavior.
In 2011, Match user Carole Markin sued the company after the site connected her to a man who’d been convicted of rape six times; on their second date, she told police, he raped her. After Match settled with Markin, they announced that they would be checking subscribers against state and national sex offender registries. But it hasn’t extended that diligence to its free apps.
CJI found that the rapid abuse reporting systems touted by Match Group as crucial for protecting users from criminal behavior are far from perfect. One user said she informed Tinder that she had been raped on a first date by a man she met through the app, but that he had “unmatched” her and she couldn’t provide records of their correspondence to the police. Authorities declined to press charges, and Tinder never responded to her requests to retrieve the material.
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