FTC Sues Match Group for Sending Emails from Fake Users

The owner of Tinder and OkCupid is being sued by U.S. regulator for seeking to draw in potential subscribers with emails from fake users expressing interest in pairing up. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleged that Match Group Inc. knowingly sent automated advertisements via Match.com with expressions of interest from accounts which it knew were likely fake.

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