Russia Wants Tinder to Share All User Data to Intelligence Authorities

Dating application Tinder has been asked to share all its user data with the authorities, according to Russia’s Roskomsvoboda internet rights group. Private messages, audio, video and other material of all Russian users need to be provided to the authorities including the Federal Security Service (FSB). Russia has adopted legislation to tighten control over online activity in recent years. In the year 2016, the legislation asked social media companies to store user data on servers and provide them with the data on demand. Profiles of Sex Workers on Tinder Are Deleted Because of Their Profession? US Women Complains Against Dating App.

The dating app Tinder is among the new list from the Russian Communications Oversight Agency, to send user data on demand to Russian authorities. After Telegram messaging app refused to provide data of their user base, they banned the app in Russia last year. Roskomnadzor, Russia’s communications regulator mentioned that Tinder had "provided the needed information." Along with Tinder, three other dating applications which include Russia's biggest dating app Badoo, are required to store all the Russian users' data. People on Tinder Are Not Hooking Up? Study Shows Users Are Not Having More Casual Sex Than a Normal Person.

The communications regulator said Monday that Tinder had shared with them information about the company and that it is now on the list of online apps and websites that are expected to cooperate with the FSB. The list was started in 2014 had 175 companies required to submit the data to the government. They are controlled by Roskomnadzor, Russia's state censorship office. Tinder is yet to offer any official comment on the decision.

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