RAINN - the Nation’s Leading Anti-Sexual Violence Organization - Will Help Strengthen Sexual Misconduct Reporting, Moderation, and Response Processes for Match Group Apps Starting with Tinder LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7, 2020 – Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH), Tinder’s parent company, today announced a partnership with RAINN, the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, to work together to review and enhance processes around sexual misconduct reporting, moderation, and response across Match Group’s dating platforms. As a leader within the portfolio, Tinder will be included among the first platf ..read more

Gen Z used Tinder to vent, protest, celebrate, commiserate, laugh, but above all else, to date in the U.S. LOS ANGELES, Dec 7, 2020 — 2020 might have felt like a dumpster fire, but Tinder members didn’t write it off.   In an unprecedented year, when faced with new obstacles, Tinder members adapted and got creative about how they connected. This Fall, messages and use of the Swipe feature at Tinder are up double-digits from the end of February. While IRL was on pause, members took to Tinder to share 2020’s biggest cultural moments. Folx used Tinder to chat, meet, hang out and swap TikToks ..read more

Our team is constantly working to make Tinder a safer and more trusted place to meet new people. And while our team usually operates a bit more behind-the-scenes, we recognize that providing updates about our product enhancements, policies and member experience practices is important.  We’d like to share the latest on our safety responses, particularly when it comes to reports of violence. Today, if this happens, here’s what we do: We let the member know that we have received their report, and we’ll be taking appropriate action. We also direct the member to trained resources for crisis c ..read more

Violent offenders have no place in our physical or online communities. We are outraged that anyone, anywhere may experience fear, abuse, or violence when looking to meet someone special, and we will always work to improve our systems so everyone on our apps feels respected and safe. We want to be very clear: when anyone is reported to our apps for violent behavior, we aggressively remove and block the perpetrator’s account from all of our platforms. We take incidents of sexual assault with the utmost urgency and seriousness and will always - always - work with law enforcement to help ensure t ..read more

The Brand Was Recognized for its Innovative Approach to Gen Z West Hollywood, Calif.  (March 10, 2020) -- Tinder has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2020. The list honors the businesses making the most profound impact on both industry and culture, showcasing a variety of ways to thrive in today’s fast-changing world. Tinder was included in the Video category for its latest innovation, Swipe Night, a first-of-its-kind, interactive experience that gave Gen Z plenty of ways to break the ice on Tinder.   “As a leader in de ..read more

National Training Tour Features Peer-to-Peer Workshops on Sexual Assault Prevention and New Curriculum Highlightling Online Dating Safety WASHINGTON D.C. March 5, 2020 – It’s On Us, a national organization combatting campus sexual assault by activating the largest grassroots student network of its kind, and Tinder, the world’s most popular app for meeting new people, have joined forces to launch the first-ever national tour providing sexual assault prevention training for college students, by college students. This initiative will deliver an unprecedented service for young people while deliver ..read more

by Julien Christian Lutz PKA Director X When I zoom out on culture and think about representation in media, as a director I’m especially interested in what’s not there. Black History Month is both a time to reflect on where we’ve come from, honor our culture and ancestors, and cultivate pride in the contributions we have made against all odds. But I also try to see it as a time to imagine the histories we are creating now. What are the most radical ways to create a present that will cultivate new, hopeful, vibrant histories? Growing up in Toronto in a West Indian home, Black History Month took ..read more

A message from Tinder: We’ve decided not to launch the Swipe Night series around the world this weekend. We were excited to bring this innovation to our members outside of the US, but given the series’ apocalyptic theme, and because we are sensitive to the current events our members are experiencing, we felt it would be difficult to launch it in the right spirit. Please check back for updates ..read more

This month, Tinder Gives You a Night Out on the Town, Without Leaving Your Home Los Angeles, September 4, 2020 -  On September 12th at 10 a.m., Tinder® will make its Swipe Night event available again in the United States to coincide with the event’s global launch. Swipe Night is a first-person, interactive event where Tinder members can swipe at key points in the experience to move the story forward and see where it takes them. Their choices dictate more than just the story; they also impact who they match with and what they might chat about once the epic journey ends. Swipe Night follows ..read more

When we’re all going through the same thing (even when that thing is a global pandemic), conversations flow a lot easier COVID got us to open up. The combination of being stuck at home and the fact that we were all going through the same thing at the same time led folks on Tinder to get chattier than ever. Globally, April 5th was the peak of this chattiness: on that day Tinder members sent an average of 52% more messages vs. the start of lockdowns in early March. Young Spaniards got particularly chatty: by mid-April, Spain’s Gen Z members were sending nearly double the messages each day, compa ..read more