Tinder

• Tinder is first and foremost, a dating app or a hook-up site.
• This app locates ‘singles’ near your location. An image of a ‘single’ is shown and if you find them attractive, you ‘swipe right’. If they ‘swipe right’ to you as well, then you can message them.
• There are a number of problems this app can cause from use by children:
• First of all, it puts emphasis on the belief that they need to be physically attractive to be desired, which promotes unhealthy obsessions with appearance. It also opens them up to the dangers of meeting potentially dangerous strangers online and eventually in person.
• Tinder’s developers describe the app as “the fun way to connect with new and interesting people around you.” But it’s mainly used as a dating tool or an anonymous hook-up.
• The app is rated ages 17+ but Tinder’s privacy policy allows teens as young as 13 to register.

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