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Friday essay: jilted lovers could once sue for breach of promise – did we lose something in abolishing this law?
Alecia Simmonds, University of Technology Sydney 
Australians could once claim compensation for injuries arising from a broken engagement. Today, the responsibility for romantic injury has been individualised and feminised, its pain trivialised.
 Lucemade/iStock/Getty Images Plus February 20, 2023
ChatGPT and Tinder: do smart chatbots make dating online better or worse?
Confident chatbots could undermine trust and romance - but probably won’t. They may even enhance online dating.
 13_Phunkod/Shutterstock February 13, 2023
Valentine’s Day: research-backed tips for dating app success
The convenience of dating apps can also make them difficult to navigate.
 Dating apps like 2RedBeans and Tantan, that specifically cater to Chinese people, have become increasingly popular. (Joshua Chun/Unsplash) February 12, 2023
Chinese immigrants look to digital Chinatowns to find love online
Manlin Cai, University of British Columbia and Yue Qian, University of British Columbia 
Chinese-oriented online dating platforms create “Chinatowns” in cyberspace, where Chinese daters gather in hopes of finding true love.
 Shutterstock January 29, 2023
3 in 4 people experience abuse on dating apps. How do we balance prevention with policing?
Kath Albury, Swinburne University of Technology and Daniel Reeders, Australian National University 
A recent government roundtable proposed stricter profile verification conditions as a response to safety concerns on dating apps. But research suggests users want something else.
 Whitney Wolfe Herd who heads up Bumble speaks during the TIME 100 Summit in New York, April 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) October 17, 2022
Powerful women heading up dating apps are framed as young and sexy
Treena Orchard, Western University and Riki Thompson, University of Washington 
Two women ruled the dating app tech industry last year. How they were portrayed by mainstream media versus how they portrayed themselves in social media says a lot about how women leaders are viewed.
 Austin Distel/Unsplash October 13, 2022
The Right Stuff: the new conservative dating app which has unsurprisingly, failed to attract women
This isn’t the first dating app to intersect tech, dating, intimacy and politics.
 Shutterstock September 14, 2022
The exclusive dating app for celebrities and influencers – why Raya has been called ‘the Illuminati of the Tinder world’
Launched in 2015, Raya, prides itself on being ‘an exclusive dating and networking platform for people in creative industries’.
 Prostock-studio / Shutterstock June 20, 2022
Online dating fatigue – why some people are turning to face-to -face apps first
Martin Graff, University of South Wales 
Newer apps like Thursday prioritise meeting in person over possibly endless online chat.
 Mateus Campos Felipe/Unsplash May 1, 2022
‘High maintenance’ is a red flag on dating apps. Women are still expected to shrink themselves
Women don’t want to ‘intimidate’ a man through their photos – but this is just one way they are hiding their true selves.
 Klaus Vedfelt/Shutterstock March 30, 2022
The dating game: survey shows how and why South Africans use Tinder
The study found most use Tinder casually because they’re bored, playing with the app like a kind of smartphone game - even though many use it to find true love.
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From ghosting to ‘backburner’ relationships: the reasons people behave so badly on dating apps
Martin Graff, University of South Wales 
If you use dating apps, you might have experienced ghosting, or worse.
 Shutterstock March 13, 2022
Tinder use in Cape Town reveals the paradox of modern dating
Dating on apps is the new reality, but do they really make dating easier? A Cape Town study finds Tinder complicates it further.
 Scammers have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from unsuspecting victims. (Shutterstock) March 1, 2022
Organized crime has infiltrated online dating with sophisticated ‘ pig-butchering ’ scams
Organized crime gangs in Southeast Asia use psychological profiling, elaborate scripts and algorithms to produce sophisticated scams. Using dating apps, they target vulnerable people looking for love.
 shutterstock. February 11, 2022
First the ‘ love-bomb ’, then the ‘financial emergency’: 5 tactics of Tinder swindlers
Cassandra Cross, Queensland University of Technology 
It’s easy to say “I’d never fall for that” when confronted with the stories of women who were conned by romance fraudster Simon Leviev. But a determined scammer can be very convincing and persuasive.
 Bumble seeks to challenge what the company calls ‘the antiquated rules of dating.’ Daily Herald Archive/National Science & Media Museum/SSPL via Getty Images January 26, 2022
Does it really empower women to expect them to make the first move?
Dating apps like Bumble have tried to shake up the gender dynamics of dating. Some users say their efforts fall flat.
 Tikhonova Yana/Shutterstock January 4, 2022
‘Sextortion’ leads to financial losses and psychological trauma. Here’s what to look out for on dating apps
Calli Tzani, University of Huddersfield 
Attackers gain the trust of vulnerable individuals to obtain sexually explicit photos or videos via the internet, and then use these materials to blackmail victims.
 Dating apps should take part in curbing STI spread among all users, regardless of sexual orientation. (Zackary Drucker/The Gender Spectrum Collection) December 15, 2021
Dating app users are disclosing STI and vaccine status for safer encounters and queer apps are leading the way
Queer dating apps are leading the way when it comes to being more open about sexual health and health in general.
 HBRH / Shutterstock November 26, 2021
Cyberflashing could be criminalised: here’s how a change in the law would help victims
Indecent exposure happens digitally, too.
 Looking for a long-term relationship? Including a dog in your profile picture signals that you’re ready for commitment. (Shutterstock) October 27, 2021
Here for a good time or a long time? Dogs in dating profile photos reveal men’s commitment levels
Dogs have long been considered man’s best friend. And in the world of online dating, the presence of a canine companion indicates commitment.
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Lisa Portolan PhD student, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
  
Kath Albury Professor of Media and Communication and Associate Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology
  
Martin Graff Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Relationships, University of South Wales
  
Treena Orchard Associate Professor, School of Health Studies, Western University
  
Leah Davina Junck Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cape Town
  
Riki Thompson Associate Professor of Digital Rhetoric and Writing Studies, University of Washington
  
Yue Qian Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia
  
Chaim Kuhnreich Concordia University
  
Rob Brooks Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW's Grand Challenges Program, UNSW Sydney
  
Rosalie Gillett Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Queensland University of Technology
  
Cassandra Cross Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology
  
Glen Jankowski Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University
  
Dr Laura Thompson Lecturer in Criminology, University of Hertfordshire
  
Zahra Zsuzsanna Stardust Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre of Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society, Queensland University of Technology
  
Tanja Bosch Professor in Media Studies and Production, University of Cape Town