REUTERS article about MTCH versus USA FTC

 

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/pssst-matchcom-does-not-want-you-know-about-this-ftc-case-2022-07-06/

(Reuters) - The online dating company Match Group Inc really, really does not want anyone to know that it’s in a big fight with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over the FTC’s investigation of a Match subsidiary that allegedly shared users’ photos with a facial recognition company.

article: Match Faces Probe Over Dating Photos’ Alleged Use in Database
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2022/06/article-match-faces-probe-over-dating.html

New US Government Task Force to Target Tech Monopolies

https://www.globaldatinginsights.com/news/new-us-government-task-force-to-target-tech-monopolies/
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has created a new task force dedicated to monitoring antitrust and ensuring fair competition within the technology sector. Match Group could find itself in the middle of an inspection.

article about: "Are online dating sites posting fake profiles to lure subscribers?"
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/02/article-about-are-online-dating-sites.html

USA FTC and Western Union Refunds

https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/cases-proceedings/refunds/western-union-settlement-faqs
Because of joint investigations by the FTC, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the U. S. Postal Inspection Service, Western Union agreed to pay USD 586 Million and admitted to aiding and abetting wire fraud. DOJ is now using that money to provide refunds to people who were tricked into using Western Union to pay scammers.
Please remember:

USA FTC article: How fast will identity thieves use stolen info?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/usa-ftc-article-how-fast-will-identity.html

Kaspersky October 2017 research: Dangerous liaisons: Investigating the security of online dating apps (part 2)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/10/kaspersky-october-2017-research.html


Dangerous Liaisons: is everyone doing it online? (part 1)
Kaspersky August 2017 research: Dangerous Liaisons: is everyone doing it online?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/10/kaspersky-august-2017-research.html

Security article: Can Online Dating Apps be Used to Target Your Company?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/08/security-article-can-online-dating-apps.html

Male model forced to hire DETECTIVE to track fraudsters using his pics to date 40 women
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/07/male-model-forced-to-hire-detective-to.html
and
In the case of Yuliana Avalos and Melissa Midwest former 2014 big lawsuit againts Match Group, third-party scammers in Africa or wherever were creating fake profiles and catfishing with them.
IAC and Match Group were essentially aware of that situation and did nothing to stop it.
The USA Court ruled that IAC and Match Group were not responsible.
Attorney Evan Spencer, said that despite the fact that anti-scammer technology is available, Match Group failed to use such things as face-recognition software – which would have discovered that Yuliana Avalos's pictures were being used hundreds of times.
Yuliana Avalos has argued in a former 2014 big lawsuit against Match that photos of her were posted without her permission on the site as part of a scam that drove a man to commit suicide.

----------------------------------------------------Last May 2016, I suggested USA FTC investigate several online dating sites for misleading statements, false claims, overpromises.
Like Match, eHarmony, Zoosk, OkCupid, EliteSingles (Affinitas GmbH.) copycat of eHarmony, Tinder and others.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/05/suggested-usa-ftc-investigate-several.html

Also be alerted several complaints about Match dot com suggest ... database is full of old & inactive profiles, scammers, fake profiles, etc!
Perhaps Only way to sustain that huge revenue is creating fake profiles from inside to entice customers to subscribe. ??? 
  
Please see also:
LAWSUIT Chad Perkins et al. v. Match Group Inc. et al., case number 1:17-cv-2988
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/04/lawsuit-chad-perkins-et-al-v-match.html 

Law article suggests USA FTC goes for Match Group ?

http://www.law.com/sites/almstaff/2016/07/05/lessons-from-the-ftcs-first-action-against-a-dating-website/?slreturn=20160606051331
USA Federal regulators are returning to the online dating world—and, this time, they have a bigger industry player in their sights. 

Match Group opened the umbrella before it rains?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/06/match-group-opened-umbrella-before-it.html

 
Suggested USA FTC investigate several online dating sites for misleading statements, false claims, overpromises.  http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/05/suggested-usa-ftc-investigate-several.html


EXCLUSIVE: MATCH GROUP hacked? Leaked internal docs will reveal they create fake profiles from inside?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/05/exclusive-match-group-hacked-leaked.html

Complaints about Match dot com ?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/05/complaints-about-match-dot-com.html


*** Only way to sustain that huge revenue is creating fake profiles from inside to entice customers to subscribe. *** ???
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/05/only-way-to-sustain-that-huge-revenue.html
 

Alert For Internet Dating Marketers: FTC Disclosure Guidelines Update /// via OPW

http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2015/07/alert-for-internet-dating-marketers-ftc-disclosure-guidelines-update.html

USA FTC is investigating some online dating sites based or operating within the US for overpromises or FRAUD.
Promoting themselves as Scientifically Proven, Scientifically Based, etc,  and ... ... They have no proof.
Do not surprise if sites like eHarmony and EliteSingles are fined soon.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/07/usa-ftc-to-investigate-affinitas-gmbh_1.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/08/new-legislation-for-online-dating-sites.html

also:

USA FTC Chief Technologist Ashkan Soltani On Algorithmic Transparency And The Fight Against Biased Bots

http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/04/usa-ftc-chief-technologist-ashkan.html

New Book on Love and Online Dating

http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/06/new-book-on-love-and-online-dating.html

USA Fraud Agency Call On Dating Industry To Improve Fight Against Scammers (via GDI)

http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/06/usa-fraud-agency-call-on-dating.html

http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2015/06/aarp-wants-dating-sites-to-crack-down-on-fraud/

The Online Dating Industry is selling elixirs, tonics, snake oil liniments and other patent medicine and performing like the Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Industry before the USA Food and Drug Administration was created where any player can make any claim without any credentials. I live in a South American country and I am really astonished to see how online daters in "1st World" countries are really victims of human experimentation. No actual online dating site  is "scientifically proven" because no one can prove its matching algorithm can match prospective partners who will have more stable and satisfying relationships -and very low divorce rates- than couples matched by chance, astrological destiny, personal preferences, searching on one's own, or other technique as the control group in a peer reviewed Scientific Paper for the majority (over 90%) of its members.