Two American senators require answers from Match Group, which owns dating apps, including Tinder and Hinge, with the argumentation of the algorithms of the platforms promoting trust that romance camers can benefit.
Senator Maggie Hassan, DN.H., and Senator Marsha Blackburn, R-tenn., Sent a letter on Wednesday to match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff, and called on the company to describe the steps it took to detect and prevent fraud, Reuters reported.
“We are also worried that Match, through the algorithmic design, creates trust that romance can exploit scammers,” the senators wrote in the letter.
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn, r-tenn., And Senator Maggie Hassan, DN.H. (Getty Images / Getty Images)
The legislators gave the company until 15 October to provide evidence of efforts to prevent scam on its platforms, including Tinder, Hinge and Okcupid, according to Reuters.
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Romantic scam often includes fake profiles that attract victims to online relationships, only to ask for money or gifts later. Last year the victims of cyber crime all over the world cost more than $ 16 billion, with romance scams for hundreds of millions of losses, Reuters reported, referring to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Dating apps, including hinge, on an iPhone. (Silas Stein / Picture Alliance via Getty Images / Getty Images)
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The spokesperson for the competition added that the company works together as the founders of the Tech Against Scams Coalition in the industry to “tackle these challenges”.
The Tinder logo that is displayed on a smartphone screen in Athens, Greece, 30 May 2024. (Nikolas Kokovlis / Nurphoto via Getty Images / Getty images)
The company recently rolled out functions such as “Face Check” to detect fraudulent profiles and prevent simulation, Reuters reported.
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In 2019, the Federal Trade Commission accused the match of sending automated advertisements with expressions of accounts of which it reportedly won that they were fake. The Ministry of Justice has closed its investigation the following year, according to Reuters.
