A national roundtable on online dating has secured commitments to improve safety on dating apps, with a warning that platforms will be hit with mandatory codes if they fail to meet expectations.
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.'The onus should not be placed on victims': Michelle Rowland to improve safety of dating appsabc.net.au/news/online-dating-platforms-commit-to-improving-app-safety/101891166Online dating platforms have been warned to do more to make dating apps safer or else they may be forced to do so, after a national roundtable meeting on the issue.
They said online platforms had made renewed commitments to improve safety, including sharing more information with each other about bad actors, and improving complaints-handling processes. "These dating app services are not going to go away ... over three million Australians are using them," Ms Rowland said.Ms Inman Grant said she would be watching closely to see whether the apps acted on their commitments.
Julie Inman Grant was recently empowered with the ability to impose a mandatory code of conduct on online dating platforms if she deemed it necessary.One of the key proposals discussed by the online dating roundtable was whether dating apps should require users to verify their identity.
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