They investigate Tinder and Grindr by denunciations of minor violations

The UK government has asked Tinder and Grindr dating apps to explain what are your age control measures to prevent the presence of minors in these networks, after revealing that police investigations were ongoing in rape cases of minors.

Jeremy Wright, Secretary of State for Digital Media, Culture, Media and Sports, issued a statement requesting Tinder and Grindr's applications "what measures do they have to protect children, including checking their age" and he badured that "if they do not seem sufficient, he will take action in this regard".

These reactions are given after the report published by Sunday Times in which it is reported that British police investigated more than 30 cases of rape of minors They had managed to circumvent the age control of dating apps since 2015.

Both platforms responded to the Secretary of State's request by ensuring that their teams were working to prevent the inappropriate use of minors in these applications.

Grindr said to the Sunday Times What?Any indication of badual abuse or other illegal behavior worries us, and this is a clear violation of our terms of use. "

For its part, a spokesperson for Tinder said the platform was using "a network of tools for moderating and overhauling advanced automated and manual systems and processes to prevent, monitor and eliminate minors and other inappropriate behavior of our application – minors to Tinder ", as indicated The Guardian.