Facilitate safe and effective matchmaking platforms
The Issue
Finding meaningful companionship in today’s digital age can be both exciting and challenging. For many people, dating apps and traditional face-to-face interactions offer different ways to meet potential partners, yet both come with their own uncertainties. People should have access to safe, respectful and trustworthy environments in which they can form genuine connections.
As online dating continues to grow, concerns surrounding privacy, personal safety, identity verification, scams, harassment and authenticity remain important. A 2023 Pew Research Center study found that three-in-ten U.S. adults have used a dating site or app. Among those who have used online dating, 53% described their experiences as positive, while 46% described them as negative.
Therefore, this petition calls for stronger safety standards and better support across both online and offline matchmaking environments. This could include:
- Strengthening identity and profile verification processes to reduce fake or misleading accounts.
- Improving systems for detecting and preventing scams, harassment, impersonation and other forms of abuse.
- Providing clearer educational resources on digital etiquette, privacy, consent and personal safety.
- Using responsible AI and other technologies to help identify suspicious or harmful activity while respecting users’ privacy.
- Encouraging dating platforms to make safety tools easier to access, understand and use.
- Promoting safer standards for in-person matchmaking events, including appropriate safety measures and clear reporting channels.
Dating-platform companies, technology providers, policymakers and community organisation each have different roles in improving the safety and reliability of matchmaking. Companies can strengthen their platform safeguards, while policymakers and relevant authorities can consider appropriate standards and consumer protections within their jurisdictions.
By signing this petition, you are supporting efforts to create safer, more transparent and more respectful ways for people to meet and build meaningful relationships, whether online or in person.
Together, we can encourage stakeholders across the matchmaking industry to take practical steps toward protecting users, improving trust and creating environments where people can connect with greater confidence and peace of mind.
A safer way to find meaningful connections starts with better protections for everyone.
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TAKEAWAY
🛡️ Facilitate Safe and Effective Matchmaking Platforms
❤️ Creating Safer Spaces for Meaningful Connections
🔐 Safer Dating, Stronger Connections
💕 Making Online Dating Safer for Everyone
🌐 Building a Safer Future for Online Dating
🤝 Towards Safer and More Meaningful Connections
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The Issue
Finding meaningful companionship in today’s digital age can be both exciting and challenging. For many people, dating apps and traditional face-to-face interactions offer different ways to meet potential partners, yet both come with their own uncertainties. People should have access to safe, respectful and trustworthy environments in which they can form genuine connections.
As online dating continues to grow, concerns surrounding privacy, personal safety, identity verification, scams, harassment and authenticity remain important. A 2023 Pew Research Center study found that three-in-ten U.S. adults have used a dating site or app. Among those who have used online dating, 53% described their experiences as positive, while 46% described them as negative.
Therefore, this petition calls for stronger safety standards and better support across both online and offline matchmaking environments. This could include:
- Strengthening identity and profile verification processes to reduce fake or misleading accounts.
- Improving systems for detecting and preventing scams, harassment, impersonation and other forms of abuse.
- Providing clearer educational resources on digital etiquette, privacy, consent and personal safety.
- Using responsible AI and other technologies to help identify suspicious or harmful activity while respecting users’ privacy.
- Encouraging dating platforms to make safety tools easier to access, understand and use.
- Promoting safer standards for in-person matchmaking events, including appropriate safety measures and clear reporting channels.
Dating-platform companies, technology providers, policymakers and community organisation each have different roles in improving the safety and reliability of matchmaking. Companies can strengthen their platform safeguards, while policymakers and relevant authorities can consider appropriate standards and consumer protections within their jurisdictions.
By signing this petition, you are supporting efforts to create safer, more transparent and more respectful ways for people to meet and build meaningful relationships, whether online or in person.
Together, we can encourage stakeholders across the matchmaking industry to take practical steps toward protecting users, improving trust and creating environments where people can connect with greater confidence and peace of mind.
A safer way to find meaningful connections starts with better protections for everyone.
👩🏻💻👨🏻💻
TAKEAWAY
🛡️ Facilitate Safe and Effective Matchmaking Platforms
❤️ Creating Safer Spaces for Meaningful Connections
🔐 Safer Dating, Stronger Connections
💕 Making Online Dating Safer for Everyone
🌐 Building a Safer Future for Online Dating
🤝 Towards Safer and More Meaningful Connections
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Petition created on 23 September 2026