Dating app “addiction” lawsuit
Ryan Clarkson interviewed on the Today Show to talk about the lawsuit against dating apps for false advertising their addictiveness.
Ryan Clarkson interviewed on the Today Show to talk about the lawsuit against dating apps for false advertising their addictiveness.
Many of us have had bad experiences of being swiped left, ghosted, breadcrumbed and benched on internet dating apps – though few people have ever thought to take their heartbreak to court.
Dating apps are supposedly ‘designed to be deleted,’ but a new class action lawsuit claims the apps are instead ‘designed to be addictive.’
Hundreds of potential love matches are in the palm of your hand. Or at least that’s what dating apps want you to think, according to a new lawsuit filed in federal court on Valentine’s Day.
A lawsuit has been filed in federal court in the Northern District of California on Valentine’s Day against Match, the parent company of dating apps like Tinder and Hinge, claiming that these dating apps contain addictive features that encourage ‘compulsive’ use.
Valentine’s Day may have been a day for love, but it marked the day one of the leading matchmakers was thrown a lawsuit.
Six plaintiffs allege that Match Group apps like Tinder and Hinge cause addiction, depression, and turn users into ‘gamblers.’ Match says the lawsuit is ‘ridiculous.’
There may be a reason so many hopeful singles on dating apps say they bank hours a day on the platforms swiping and scrolling without great results.
The parent company of dating apps Tinder, Hinge, and the League, the Match Group, is facing a class action lawsuit.
The operator of dating platforms Tinder, Hinge, and OkCupid is being sued over claims it makes its apps addictive and puts profit over love.