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SINGAPORE - New Tinder users in Singapore are now required to take a video selfie to verify that they are a real person before they can join the dating platform, which is moving to weed out bots, fake profiles and scammers.
Singapore is the latest market in the global rollout of the safety feature by Tinder’s parent company Match Group since June 2025. Countries that have implemented the feature earlier include the US and UK.
For now, existing users do not need to complete the video selfie verification unless there are signs of suspicious activity, such as liking many profiles in a short period or sending similar messages to multiple accounts, said Mr Yoel Roth, the company’s senior vice president of trust and safety on April 8.
Called Face Check, the safety feature is also expected to be eventually extended in Singapore to Match Group’s other social media platforms, including Hinge and OkCupid, though no timeline was given.
Mr Roth said the feature serves multiple trust and safety functions:
Preventing users from submitting AI-generated videos by requiring a live in-app selfie;
Flagging duplicate accounts tied to the same face;
Stopping previously banned problematic users from rejoining; and
Verifying that profile photos match the person behind the account
In markets where the feature has been implemented, there has been a 60 per cent decrease in exposure to potential bad actors like scammers, bots, and banned users who had reported for abusive behaviour in markets, he told the media on April 8 in Match Group’s Asia-Pacific headquarters at One Raffles Place.
In the US, banned users are now caught within one day...
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