Why Dating Apps Can’t Solve the Safety Problem Alone: 7 Structural Barriers (2026)
Dating apps spend hundreds of millions on safety annually. Tinder employs AI moderation across billions of interactions. Bumble built women-first messaging, photo verification, and in-app video calling. Hinge developed the strongest selfie verification among major platforms. And yet: $1.3 billion is still stolen through romance scams every year (FTC, 2026). 1 in 4 Americans still…