Dating apps including Tinder and Bumble are being investigated for allegedly letting minors and sex offenders on the platforms

• Tinder, Bumble, and a number of popular dating services are targets of a House investigation for allegedly allowing minors and sex offenders on their platforms
• The investigation follows a ProPublica report that found many popular free dating apps permitted registered sex offenders to use them, while the paid versions of these same apps screened them out.
• "Protection from sexual predators should not be a luxury confined to paying customers," Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Illinois Democrat who heads the subcommittee leading the investigation said. 
• The investigation also seeks to address concerns surrounding the data that these services require in order to make matches.
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A House subcommittee is investigating popular dating services such as Tinder and Bumble for allegedly allowing minors and sex offenders to use their services.

Bumble, Grindr, The Meet Group and the Match Group, which owns such popular services as Tinder, Match.com and OkCupid, are the current targets of the investigation by the U.S. House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on economic and consumer policy.

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