Dating Apps

Mike Proulx, research director at Forrester, explains how the hook-up app, Tinder, is helping people meet this summer during festival season.

It’s not just The Tinder Swindler. $547 million was lost to romance scams in 2021, up 80% from the prior year. Unfortunately, dating apps can’t guarantee that the person you’re messaging has your best interests in mind. So we talked to sex and relationships researcher Justin Lehmiller for tips on protecting yourself from scams when you’re looking for love.

Tinder released a new set of guidelines on how to spot a scammer and what not to do while dating online without mentioning Leviev or the documentary.

Marijuana was the most commonly sold drug, with investigators buying nearly a pound and a half through online sales, the sheriff’s office said. Meth, at 280 grams, was second.

Aside from their anguish from losing a daughter and a sister, the family of Lauren Smith-Fields is outraged and disgusted at how they say the Bridgeport Police Department has investigated the mysterious death of the 23-year-old.

If climate change is making winters shorter and less intense, is it also affecting cuffing season, aka the search for a partner in the late fall to spend the cold months hunkered down with? NBCLX senior editor Maura Hohman discusses what she learned while reporting on how climate change is affecting cuffing season.

Tuesday is the winter solstice, the fancy term for the first day of winter and the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. For those who live in the top half of the Earth, the days will get longer until the summer solstice in June, but we’re still looking at a few more 5 p.m. sunsets, black...

A student at the University of New Hampshire is accused of sexually assaulting two women after meeting them through dating apps.

The use of dating apps in the last 18 months of the pandemic has surged around the globe.

Many dating apps prohibit users with a criminal record, but don’t enforce that policy until there’s a complaint. Now a background check process could result in banning many people with a nonviolent record.

Multiple dating apps are planning to add background checks in an effort to root out sex offenders or other potentially dangerous people. But a blanket ban on all people with prior convictions could disproportionately harm Black people and people with prior drug offenses who have recovered, says Keri Blakinger of The Marshall Project.

The White House is pushing a new reason to swipe right: Dating apps are starting to offer vaccination badges and “super swipes” for people who’ve gotten their coronavirus shots

Many more people are putting their vaccination status, or even a picture of their vaccine card, in their dating app profiles. It also seems more people are looking for a committed relationship as the nation opens up again, NBC News youth and internet culture reporter Kalhan Rosenblatt explains.

The year was 2019 and Binta Diallo was looking for a partner. To be more specific, Diallo, 30, was looking for a potential husband. In that pursuit, the young Muslim woman from West Africa did what many Millennials do. She went online.

Colorism, a prejudice or discrimination against individuals with a dark skin tone, plays a role in most communities of color. But Binta Diallo says the issue is particularly pervasive in Muslim relationships. So she created a blind matchmaking service to fight it.

Single people are probably too familiar with the most popular dating apps and websites to find love on the internet. What about those ways to find a partner with interests that are a little more…specific?

Dating during the coronavirus pandemic has added new challenges for singles looking for love. Ahead of Valentine’s Day, we asked three dating experts how they can find success right now.

Are you looking for someone to explore the world with? Do you enjoy sourdough bread and maybe bushwacking through the forest to a private lake? Then Elliot Frantz may be the right man for you. The 29-year-old from Portland, Oregon, is looking for love and even launched his own website to streamline the process.

Millions of people use dating apps to find their matches, but one using your DNA is in the works in Cambridge.

There are more apps out there than we can keep track of, and not all of them are fun and games. Here are a few the San Diego County Human Trafficking Task Force says parents should be aware of