Date rape survivors file lawsuit accusing Hinge and Tinder of ‘accommodating rapists’

Civil suit, citing the Dating App Reporting Project, argues that dating apps could kick off serial rapists but don’tThe Dating Apps Reporting Project produced this story in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network and The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, and copublished...

<p>Civil suit, citing the Dating App Reporting Project, argues that dating apps could kick off serial rapists but don’t</p><p><em>The Dating Apps Reporting Project produced this story in partnership with the <a href="https://pulitzercenter.org/journalism/initiatives/ai-accountability-network">Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network</a> and <a href="https://themarkup.org/">The Markup</a>, now a part of <a href="https://calmatters.org/">CalMatters</a>, and copublished with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us">The Guardian</a> and <a href="https://19thnews.org/">The 19th</a>.</em></p><p>Six women who were drugged and raped or sexually assaulted by the same Denver cardiologist filed a lawsuit against Match Group on Tuesday, accusing the world’s largest dating app company of “accommodating rapists across its products” through “negligence” and a “defective” product.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/16/hinge-tinder-date-rape-lawsuit">Continue reading...</a>
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