Australia's online dating industry adopts code of conduct to keep users safer

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Australia’s government says a code of conduct will be enforced on the online dating industry to better protect Australian users after research found that three-in-four people suffer some form of sexual violence through the platforms. Bumble, Grindr and Match Group Inc. have agree to the code that took effect on Tuesday.

FILE - The dating app Tinder is shown on a smartphone on June 26, 2024, in New York. FILE - Dating apps are displayed on a computer and a phone in Sydney, Sept. 18, 2023. FILE - The dating app Tinder is shown on a smartphone on June 26, 2024, in New York. FILE - The dating app Tinder is shown on a smartphone on June 26, 2024, in New York. FILE - Dating apps are displayed on a computer and a phone in Sydney, Sept. 18, 2023.

The code requires the platforms’ systems to detect potential incidents of online-enabled harm and demands that the accounts of some offenders are terminated. “If there are grounds to ban a particular individual from utilizing one of those platforms, if they’re banned on one platform, they’re blocked on all platforms,” she added.

“We know that domestic and sexual violence is an enormous problem in Australia, and that women, members of LGBTQ+ communities, and First Nations are the most at risk,” a Bumble statement said.

 

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