Overview

• Sens. Maggie Hassan and Marsha Blackburn sent the Sept. 24 letter to CEO Spencer Rascoff seeking details on anti-fraud efforts across Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid.
• The senators requested documents on policies, procedures, detection tools and proof of actions taken, setting an Oct. 15 deadline for a full response.
• Their letter says Match’s algorithmic design may create trust that scammers exploit, elevating concerns about how matches and recommendations shape user behavior.
• Federal data underscore the risk: the FBI reported more than $16 billion in global cybercrime losses last year, while the FTC logged $1.3 billion lost to romance scams in 2022 from 70,000 reports.
• Match said it looks forward to constructive conversations and cited investments in advanced fraud detection, safety features such as face checks, and partnerships, while noting it previously discontinued practices flagged by the FTC and that the DOJ closed a related probe in 2020.