Dating app safety on the agenda when operators meet with federal government

The federal government says it is taking steps to improve online safety on dating apps and is seeking input from police, domestic violence experts and victim-survivors.

Dating app operators are set to meet with Communications Minister Michelle Rowland in the new year.The federal government says it is seeking input from police, domestic violence experts and victim-survivors.

Communications Minister Michelle Rowland will meet with representatives in the new year and says online safety has become a growing community concern. Three-quarters of survey respondents had been victims of some form of online sexual violence in the past five years. The case has sparked calls for reforms to stop people with a known violent background registering on dating apps.

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