Digital Dating Safety

• Don't use the same photos you have on social media.
  • Why? People can easily reverse-image search these and find more information about you.
• Create your profile with a Google Voice number.
  • Why? This inhibits people from getting your number and using that to gather additional information.
• Be mindful of what personal information you share.
  • Ex: your major, but not your school; your job title, but not your place of work.

• Be mindful of what personal information you share.
  • Ex: your major, but not your school; your job title, but not your place of work.
• Do not send money to someone you have never met before.
  • Why? These requests are usually scams.
• Stay in the app for conversations as much as possible.
  • Why? This gives you a platform to report harassment or abuse through.
  • If you do move off the app...
    • Use a Google Voice number rather than your personal number (this protects your privacy).
• Report harassment or abuse when it occurs.
  • Ex: Unwanted nudes, coercion, sexual assault, etc.
  • Why? This helps the apps to respond to issues and remove perpetrators from the application so that they know their behavior is not acceptable in those spaces.

• Video chat before you meet in person.
  • Why? This allows you to verify that they are the person in their pictures.
• Tell a friend where you are going or share your location.
  • Why? This let's someone know where you are if an emergency arises.
• Meet in public and stay in public if possible.
  • Why? This provides you with more autonomy to leave the situation if the person is not a good match or is aggressive in any way.
• Use your own transportation.
  • Why? This allows you to leave when you want without needing the other person's approval.
• Stay alert.
  • Ex: Don't leave your drink unattended, observe body language, and trust your gut!

• Do not ask too many personal questions.
  • Though you will be trying to get to know the person, you need to be careful that you are not asking personal questions that could make them uncomfortable or push a boundary
• Respect the other person's choice not to engage in certain activities.
  • Ex: drinking, sexting, kissing, etc.
• Do not require off-app interactions, or unmatch someone in app after connecting via phone number.
  • Why? The app provides you both a safe space to report unwanted behavior.
• Suggest that you meet in public, rather than your home.
  • Why? This gives you a neutral space to determine if you are both looking for the same thing and/or leave if you want.
• Get consent!
  • Ex: ask if it's okay before sending a nude photo, get consent before engaging in different sexual acts, and understand how alcohol/drugs impact the ability to consent.

Submit a complaint to Tinder online — which works even without an active Tinder account.

There are two ways to report a sex assault incident through the app:

• Haven’t blocked or been blocked by the accused user? Go to the user’s profile page through messages or the Matches interface. Swipe left on the message or match in question to access the “Report” tab.
• Have blocked or been blocked by the accused? Click on profile and select “Settings.” This will pull up multiple options, including “Contact Us.” Click “Help and Support” under that tab, which goes to a page asking what kind of help. Click “Safety, Security, and Privacy” to fill out a complaint form.

If you have blocked or been blocked by the user who you are trying to report:

• Go to your profile and select “Settings” link on the profile page,
• Select “Help.”
• Scroll down and click “Reporting a profile, photo, or message.”
• Select the relevant option (it should have one for a user no longer on the app).

If you haven’t blocked or been blocked by the user who you are trying to report:

• Go to their profile page and click the three dots.
• Select the relevant option.
• Share detailed information about the complaint.

If you haven’t blocked or been blocked by the user who you are trying to report:

• Go to their profile page through “Messages” or the “Taps” interface under the “Messages” button on the bottom menu.
• Select the three dots in the top right corner of their profile.
• Click “Report.”
• Leave comments about the experience (for sexual assault, you will need to choose harassment and this comments section is where you share that it was more than that).

If you have blocked or been blocked by the user who you are trying to report:

• Go to your profile and select “Settings.”
• Select “Support” from the menu.
• Click the button on the top right corner that looks like a pencil writing on paper.
• Select “Start a Conversation” and then share the narrative of what occurred (screenshots are good if you have them).

To report a user through their profile, go to the profile page and then:

• Scroll to the page bottom and click the “Block and Report” button.
• Choose one of the reasons for reporting and include any additional comments.
• Click “Submit Report.”

To report a user through the conversations on the app, go to the conversation with that user and then:

• Click the three dots in the top right corner of the page.
• Click “Block and Report.”
• Specify the reason for making the report and give any additional comments.
• Click “Submit Report.”

Go to the user's profile, then:

• Select the three dots at the top right and tap Report.
• Select the reason you are reporting this person.