Match Group, the matrix firm of popular appointments applications such as Hinge and Tinder and company security. Mr. Roth was previously head of trust on Twitter, later renamed X, of which he abruptly renounced a few weeks after the company was acquired by billionaire Elon Musk.
“In India we easily commit to the application of the law at all levels,” Roth said in response to a question of The Hindu. “And specifically with the police not only here in Delhi, but in other states, we operate a global portal for the police in association with a company called Codex that makes it quick and easy for the application of the law to send us applications.” It was important in security cases “to support the prosecution of the bad actors”, since the objective was not only to prohibit them from the platforms, but “to bring [them] To justice, ”Roth said.
Appointment security
Mr. Roth was in India this week to interact with civil society groups with which the company regularly consults on Indian security matters. He also announced the launch of the company’s dating security guide for India in multiple Indian languages, in addition to English. The guide was prepared in association with the Social Research Center based in Delhi.
“Much of our work begins with fundamental research and understanding how single in India approach online appointments,” Roth said. “What are the trends and what is the opening of the category and, especially for women in India, what would help them feel safe when they get involved in our application?” The relationships led by families were an important consideration for Tinder, Hinge and other applications, Roth said.
Quotation scams
“In India, in particular, one of the trends on which we have heard a bit are the so -called pub scams or restaurant scams where: they are interactions between real people, where someone will meet, go to an appointment and then the scammer In an appointment you can have a commitment to the restaurant: they will ask for many expensive items, they will leave the date and the person stays to pay a very large bill, ”said Roth.
To keep them safe from these scams, Roth said, the company recommended that users maintain interactions within the application of respective appointments as long as possible, such as “that allows us to moderate those interactions.”
“One of the biggest challenges that we see is that people will connect in an appointment application and then immediately change to use another application for their conversation, so that they move to WhatsApp or Instagram … if you have an interaction with someone, take The measure of informing us both for us and, if you feel comfortable to do it, to the police, ”Roth added.
He said that an important erroneous concept in cases of fraud was that appointments applications do not allow informable profiles with which a user can no longer interact. “It can be shameful to talk about these situations, but ultimately, the only way people will be identified and processed by committing these crimes is whether the victims present themselves and inform it,” he said.
Rules
The group of coincidences fully complies with the Information Technology Rules (Intermediate Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code), 2021, with a complaints and nodal officer in India, Roth said. While the company is implementing a large amount of transparency informing about its moderation actions and requests for the application of the law in the European Union, doing so is a challenge since the group manages more than three dozen applications.
Appeals under the rules of IT are not currently informed for India, but Mr. Roth We can and should inform. “
Published – February 8, 2025 09:25 am ist
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