Online dating

TikTok monitored Grindr activity through third-party tracker, privacy group alleges

NOYB said TikTok tracked a particular user's Grindr activity via data firm AppsFlyer, raising concerns about breaches of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

A person looks at the Grindr app in the App Store on a phone in Los Angeles on March 27, 2019. A Chinese firm has been ordered by American national security officials to sell popular gay dating app Grindr, The Wall Street Journal reported on March 27.
A couple share a romantic glass of champagne in the Golan Heights

Cuddle up for winter: OkCupid reveals data on Israeli's dating habits

An illustrative image of a faceless, hooded figure at a computer.

Three young men, including IDF soldier, arrested for running sex site blackmail scam

 Looking for love on the phone

Cut and save: The messaging mistakes before a date that ruin your chances


Online flirting can cause trouble in relationships, study finds

Two studies were conducted in which romantically involved people chatted online with an attractive person who was a member of the research team.

 Online flirting can ruin relationships.

New Israeli dating app replaces profile pictures with animal avatars

Called Lua — dating with depth, the app is currently in beta-testing. Users will have their photos replaced with animal avatars when talking to a match.

 New Israeli dating app Lua lets you pick an animal avatar which will replace your profile picture when in a conversation with a match.

Israeli AI chat bot Algo seeks to matchmake Jews worldwide

Algo offers singles possible matches based on a series of questions and then offers dating advice to the couples.

 Screenshot of the Algo homepage.

Study suggest 600% increase in female dating profiles stating 'looking for a feminist'

Dating app OkCupid reveals what women are really looking for in their partners in the 2020’s.

Virtual relationships, online dating and social networking concept - woman sending kisses with computer monitor

'Tinder Swindler' breaks silence, calls himself 'gentleman'

“I want to clear my name, I want to tell the world it's not true,” Simon Leviev – the subject of Netflix's hit film "The Tinder Swindler" – told Inside Edition.

 Tinder Swindler

What do you get when you combine TikTok and Tinder?

There is an entire underbelly of dating already occurring on TikTok, so Snack took the opportunity, creating the perfect mashup of Tinder meets TikTok.

 The dating app Tinder is shown on a mobile phone in this picture illustration taken September 1, 2020. Picture taken September 1, 2020.

Valentine's Day: How do Jewish couples meet, marry?

Focusing on 11 couples, engaged or married, who met through an intermediary – a friend, classmate, family member, rabbi, matchmaking app or a Facebook group.

 LAUREN AND ERIC met through JSwipe in 2015.

‘Shidduch’ app now available in English

To date, 57 couples have married directly through the app, which utilizes a 'shidduch'-style format where matchmakers pair young religious Jews.

An illustrative photo of a Jewish wedding in front of the Mediterranean Sea.

Dating ads to be featured on buses in Petah Tikvah

The campaign was born out of Israel man Tal Tovin’s story, as he found his wife by advertising his dating profile on a Petah Tikvah bus.

 Dating ad on Electra-Afikim bus

Is serving in the IDF sexy? A majority of Israelis think so

55% of all Israeli OkCupid users found service in IDF combat units to be attractive.

Female Israeli soldiers on duty at the IDF observation post next to the Dead Sea, overlooking the Israeli border to Jordan. September 06, 2012.