Rape under wraps: how Tinder, Hinge and their corporate owner chose profits over safety

Match Group has known since 2016 about abusive users on its dozen dating apps, but leaves millions of people in the dark

The Dating Apps Reporting Project is an 18-month investigation. It was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center's AI Accountability Network and the Markup, now a part of CalMatters, and co-published with the Guardian and the 19th.

When a young woman in Denver met up with a smiling cardiologist she matched with on the dating app Hinge, she had no way of knowing that the company behind the app had already received reports from two other women who had accused him of rape.