Pakistan blocks five dating apps including Tinder and Grindr
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan said on Tuesday it has blocked Tinder, Grindr and three other dating apps for not adhering to local laws, its latest move to curb online platforms deemed to be disseminating “immoral content”.
Pakistan, the second largest Muslim-majority country in the world after Indonesia, is an Islamic nation where extra-marital relationships and homosexuality are illegal.
The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority said it has sent notices to the management of the five apps, “keeping in view the negative effects of immoral/indecent content streaming.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-socialmedia-ban/pakistan-blocks-five-dating-apps-including-tinder-and-grindr-idUSKBN25S618
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KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan said on Tuesday it has blocked Tinder, Grindr and three other dating apps for not adhering to local laws, its latest move to curb online platforms deemed to be disseminating “immoral content”.
Pakistan, the second largest Muslim-majority country in the world after Indonesia, is an Islamic nation where extra-marital relationships and homosexuality are illegal.
The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority said it has sent notices to the management of the five apps, “keeping in view the negative effects of immoral/indecent content streaming.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-socialmedia-ban/pakistan-blocks-five-dating-apps-including-tinder-and-grindr-idUSKBN25S618
#Asia #Pakistan #dating #apps
Your Dating App Data Might Be Shared With the U.S. Government
When you download a dating app, fill out a profile with some of your most private information, and select “allow app to access location” to locate nearby potential love interests, you may feel a little exposed, but you proceed anyway, in order to find those dates. But there is reason to believe that by using these sites, you may be unknowingly submitting to government tracking—and we can’t know for sure because of all of the secrecy involved with deals that data brokers make with government agencies. It’s yet another demonstration of the need to bring transparency to the data-collection industry.
Dating apps ask users for a variety of highly personal information and retain it indefinitely, potentially forever. This can include photos and videos, text conversations with other users, and information on gender, sexual orientation, political affiliation, religion, desire to have children, location, HIV status, and beyond. Many platforms also collect information regarding preferences in a partner (either through filters or using powerful algorithms that monitor users’ every swipe) and may therefore know about your preferences and deal-breakers with regard to ethnicity, religion, body type, and more. If you connect your dating app with any social media platforms—Facebook and Instagram are common choices—then the dating app company likely also has access to thousands of additional data points, including what kind of content you’ve liked on social media and who you are friends with.
https://slate.com/technology/2021/03/dating-apps-data-brokers-transparency-government.html
#dating #app #us #govt #privacy
When you download a dating app, fill out a profile with some of your most private information, and select “allow app to access location” to locate nearby potential love interests, you may feel a little exposed, but you proceed anyway, in order to find those dates. But there is reason to believe that by using these sites, you may be unknowingly submitting to government tracking—and we can’t know for sure because of all of the secrecy involved with deals that data brokers make with government agencies. It’s yet another demonstration of the need to bring transparency to the data-collection industry.
Dating apps ask users for a variety of highly personal information and retain it indefinitely, potentially forever. This can include photos and videos, text conversations with other users, and information on gender, sexual orientation, political affiliation, religion, desire to have children, location, HIV status, and beyond. Many platforms also collect information regarding preferences in a partner (either through filters or using powerful algorithms that monitor users’ every swipe) and may therefore know about your preferences and deal-breakers with regard to ethnicity, religion, body type, and more. If you connect your dating app with any social media platforms—Facebook and Instagram are common choices—then the dating app company likely also has access to thousands of additional data points, including what kind of content you’ve liked on social media and who you are friends with.
https://slate.com/technology/2021/03/dating-apps-data-brokers-transparency-government.html
#dating #app #us #govt #privacy
Slate Magazine
Your Dating App Data Might Be Shared With the U.S. Government
Dating apps are privy to some of our most personal information.
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