Newly released federal records show that Match.com continued recommending young women to Jeffrey Epstein years after his conviction as a sex offender. In 2012, the company congratulated him on his “first 18 matches” and supplied him with curated profiles of women in their early 20s, despite his status as a registered offender being public and easily verifiable.

Match.com’s handling of Epstein was not an isolated failure by a single platform. Match Group owns many of the most popular dating apps in the world, and its failed approach to safety, enforcement and algorithmic promotion has continued for years.

Epstein’s connection to Match Group dating apps could run even deeper. He also seems to have found young women through other Match apps like OkCupid, hobnobbed with the owner, Barry Diller, and possessed documents showing he might have been an investor in Match Group.

In September 2020, Hinge was told that Denver cardiologist Stephen Matthews had drugged and raped a woman he met through the app. The survivor contacted Hinge the next day after waking up naked on his floor. A hospital exam confirmed sexual penetration while she was incapacitated. Hinge responded that it had taken........

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