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Dating apps removed from app stores for not obtaining parental consent

Blog post1 min readUpdated Feb 23, 2025View source ↗
Ukrainian app developer, Wildec LLC, came under fire last week for allowing children to download and use its dating apps Meet 24, FastMeet and Meet4U. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) discovered that children as young as 12 could sign up without parental consent, which violates the 1998 Children’s Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) and FTC Act. The apps have since been removed from both the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. In a letter addressed to Wildec manager, Yevgen Yatsgeno, the FTC said that despite each of the dating app’s privacy policies stating to the contrary, there is no block […]
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