Online Dating Apps ‘Swipe Right’ on New Safety Code

Creeps will now be banned from dating apps.

A phone with an App Store selection of the dating app Bumble is pictured in Oklahoma City on Aug. 29, 2019. Sue Ogrocki/AP Photo

Online dating apps have pledged to escalate complaints of imminent safety threats more swiftly to police under a voluntary industry code.

The companies behind Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, Grindr, RSVP, and eharmony are among those to adopt the code, developed after the 2023 national roundtable on online dating safety.