Women's Safety Now at the Heart of Tinder

According to the website, Tinder, the most popular dating app in the world, has made keeping women safe a priority. The technology company is beginning a collaboration with the anti-domestic-violence organisation No More.

"Our safety work is never done," Tinder's first female chief executive, Renate Nyborg, tells BBC News. To address the disproportionate amount of abuse women experience online, the charity End Violence Against Women claims it is only a "small step."

With worries that sexual predators are attracted to dating apps, Tinder has come under fire for abusive interactions on the service.

The Tinder product team has seen a 30% increase in the number of women working there since Ms. Nyborg, 36, assumed the position of chief executive officer in September 2021. Ms. Nyborg claims that one of the ways she is addressing these concerns is by hiring more women across the company.

She stated, "I think there is a difference between knowing something is important and feeling it. Like any woman, I can count all of the experiences that I've had that I maybe didn't want to have - from the way that you're being addressed, to the way you're treated at work, to the way things can happen when you're actively dating. I think every woman that I speak to has had many experiences like this - and I do think it helps to have some strength in numbers."