U.S. Judge Directs Tinder Addiction Claims to Arbitration

Users of Tinder and other Match Group-owned dating apps who accused the companies of deceptively hooking consumers must pursue their claims in individual arbitrations rather than a federal court class action, a judge ruled.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San Francisco on Tuesday put the case on hold and granted a request from Match to send the lawsuit to arbitration, citing provisions in the companies’ user agreements.

Read more at Reuters.