Yoel Roth Takes Charge of Trust and Safety at Match Group

Former Twitter executive aims to enhance user protection on popular dating apps.

Yoel Roth, former head of Trust and Safety at Twitter, has joined Match Group as the vice president of Trust and Safety.
Roth aims to improve safety on dating apps by enhancing spam detection, removing underage users, and protecting marginalized groups.
He plans to tackle romance scams, which cost victims $1.3 billion in 2022, by building out protection features for scams and financial frauds.
Roth believes app stores should play a role in protecting users, echoing a position held by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Roth's experience includes facing harassment after leaving Twitter and a PhD dissertation on safety and privacy in dating apps.