Tinder on Sunday said it has partnered with the not-for-profit organisation Centre for Social Research to offer safety guidance to its users. The additional safety guide, along with the existing 15 safety features on the app, is part of Tinder's efforts to ensure the safety of its users, utilising NGO CSR India's insights amid the intersection of technology and violence against women, Tinder told PTI.
Tinder users will get a prompt through in-app message for accessing the «Dating Safety Guideline».
«Initial interactions set the tone of a relationship, and this guide can play an important role in supporting anyone on their dating journey, including the millions of daters who turned 18 and chose Tinder for their first dating experience.
»We encourage our users to engage with this guide and take advantage of the many in-app features that have safety at their core," Tinder India communications director Aahana Dhar said.
Tinder, a subsidiary of American online dating service company The Match Group, has grown from being available in one language (English) in one country to over 45 languages in 190 countries around the world in 10 years of operations, Dhar said.
About the app's approach in contrast to matrimonial platforms in India, Dhar said the app's role is not to «tell people who they should be attracted to or how they should interact, as long