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The Markup’s collaborative investigation “Dating App Cover-Up: How Tinder, Hinge, and Their Corporate Owner Keep Rape Under Wraps” has won in the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing’s 2025 Best in Business Awards. The story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network and was copublished with The Guardian and The 19th.

The 18-month-long investigation about how Tinder, Hinge, and their corporate owner kept rape under wraps won in the technology category. The award recognizes excellence in digital journalism covering all aspects of technology, including culture, policy, and economic impact.

Dating App Cover-Up: How Tinder, Hinge, and Their Corporate Owner Keep Rape Under Wraps

The company behind more than a dozen dating apps, Match Group, has known for years about the abusive users on its platforms, but chooses to leave millions of people in the dark