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Meetic Group, a Match Group Company

Match Group is the Global Leader of Online Dating with a community of over 20 million thanks to a portfolio of over 45 brands available in nearly every country in the world, including leading properties like Match.com, OkCupid, OurTime, Meetic Group, Twoo, Tinder, PeopleMedia and ParPerfeito.

Lobbying Activity

Response to Digital Fairness Act

24 Oct 2025

Please find attached Match Group's contribution to the call for evidence on the Digital Fairness Act. Thank you for your consideration.
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Response to Digital package – digital omnibus

14 Oct 2025

Match Group welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commissions consultation on the Digital Omnibus initiative. As a global leader in online dating services, with a portfolio of over 25 brands globally, we strongly support efforts to simplify the EUs digital rulebook while maintaining high standards for data protection and user security. Indeed, as a company operating in a highly regulated space - where privacy, safety, and trust are fundamental we feel that the Omnibus presents a valuable opportunity to ensure coherence across the EU digital rulebook and reduce regulatory uncertainty, while upholding the current baseline of high-standards assured by the European Union. With this in mind, our comments focus on three key areas: (1) Data Protection and Cybersecurity, (2) Age Verification and eIDAS, and (3) Artificial Intelligence.
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Meeting with Zala Tomašič (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Jan 2025 · DMA

Meeting with Dóra Dávid (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Dec 2024 · Fair competition in digital markets, online safety for children

Meeting with Laura Ballarín Cereza (Member of the European Parliament) and EBU-UER (European Broadcasting Union)

10 Oct 2024 · Priorities for the mandate 2024-2029

Meeting with Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2024 · Public Policies of Match.com Group, age verification

Response to Protection of Minors Guidelines

18 Sept 2024

Please find attached Match Group feedbacks on the Protection of minors guidelines.
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Meeting with Virginie Joron (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Mar 2024 · Echange de vue application DMA

Response to Integrated child protection systems

18 Oct 2023

Match Group welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the Commissions Recommendation for Integrated Child Protection Systems, and appreciates the Commissions effort of the integrated systemic approach that will address all types of situations that a child can be faced with. As we are offer online services, we will focus our feedback on the online safety of children and protective and preventative measures that can further this. As a dating app provider that does not allow underage users (18- users), we are glad to share our views on how online blocking of underage users can be done more effectively. In short, we observe a trend of more underage application users, leading to an increased necessity for online age assurance measures. Match Group welcomes the efforts the Commission is taking to install this, as put forward in the proposal for a Regulation to Prevent and Detect Child Sexual Abuse Material, the Strategy for Better Internet for Kids (BIK+), in the context of the eIDAS and recently in the 2023 Report on the State of the Digital Decade. We believe this measure to be specifically effective at the time the application is downloaded to the device (i.e. at app-store level). Despite the potential for age assurance using the app stores ID information, the two main app-store operators (Google and Apple) do not apply age gating to app downloads. Match Group sees great potential in protecting children online through age assurance at the app store level and strongly advocates including this aim in the Recommendation for Integrated Child Protection Systems.
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Response to Update of the Better Internet for Children Strategy (BIK Strategy)

28 Oct 2021

Match Group welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the Roadmap for the Update of the Better Internet for Children Strategy. With an increasing number of minors using online applications, the risks that minors can access inappropriate content have increased. By proposing the Interim Regulation on Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) in September 2020, the Commission has already made clear the urgency of the matter. In the past year, Match Group has actively engaged with the Commission, Council, and European Parliament to bring forward our perspective on online safety and the fight against CSAM. As a dating app provider that generally does not allow underage users (18- users), we are glad to share our views on how online blocking of underage users can be done more effectively. In short, we observe a trend of more underage application users, leading to increased necessity for age assurance measures at the time the application is downloaded to the device (e.g. at app-store level). Despite the potential for age assurance using the app stores’ ID information, the two main app-store operators (Google and Apple) do not apply ‘age gating’ to app downloads. Match Group sees great potential in protecting children online through age assurance at the app store level and strongly advocates to include this aim in the Better Internet for Children Strategy. Please find attached our position paper which provides further elaboration on our view.
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Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

18 Aug 2021 · Digital platform regulation

Meeting with Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager) and

9 Feb 2021 · DMA

Response to Child sexual abuse online: detection, removal and reporting

28 Dec 2020

Match Group’s welcome the opportunity to provide feedback (see attacehd) to the European Commission’s Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) on a regulation to fight child sexual abuse. This document outlines Match Group’s experience and perspective with regards to combating child exploitation, and the EU legislation that is needed to facilitate our continuing efforts. As a responsible corporate citizen, Match Group therefore welcomes the European Commission’s initiative for a ‘Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the detection, removal and reporting of child sexual abuse online’, and establishing the EU centre to prevent and counter child sexual abuse. Such a regulation would enable actors on the frontline against child abuse to continue investing means and efforts to deter child exploitation. By proposing the Interim Regulation on CSAM (10 September 2020) the Commission already made clear the urgency of the matter. In the past months, Match Group has actively engaged with the Commission, Council, and European Parliament to bring forward our concerns on this matter. While we fully support the aim, we believe that the initial scope of the Interim Regulation was too narrow, leaving too many loopholes for potential felons and restricting the ability of our platforms to prevent, detect and report the exploitation of children to the greatest extent possible. Namely, we believe that any further regulation should include a scope that enables Match Group and other technology platforms to not only detect, but also to attempt to prevent the dissemination of child abuse material, thereby attempting to stop the harm before it can take hold. Additionally, a broad scope would better equip us to take steps against the individuals involved in the dissemination of such content. As a result, Match Group stands ready to explore possible solutions that will enable us to continue to vigorously combat online child abuse and exploitation. This feedback document is divided into three parts. Part I describes Match Group’s mission and the Match Group Advisory Council. In part II we elaborate on the (non)legislative options we deem best suitable to tackle child exploitation. Part III outlines additional issues that would need to be covered by any legislative proposal to come.
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Meeting with Terence Zakka (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

10 Dec 2020 · DSA/DMA

Meeting with Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

3 Sept 2020 · To discuss Digital Services Act.

Response to Digital Services Act: deepening the Internal Market and clarifying responsibilities for digital services

30 Jun 2020

Match Group welcomes the plans of the European Commission to clarify responsibilities for digital services and improve user safety online. The online dating services of Match Group, which include Tinder, Meetic and OkCupid, are peer-to-peer match-making services, which aim at connecting people rather than enabling one-to-many content sharing or generating transactions. Users make public only a limited set of content through their profile, and “match” to enter into private one-to-one conversations. The safety of users is of vital importance for dating services, where user trust regarding sensitive personal information is paramount to achieving meaningful connections. We believe that while the core principles of the e-Commerce Directive – in particular, the limited liability of online intermediaries, the prohibition of general content monitoring and the country-of-origin principles – should be upheld, new provisions should be introduced to ensure both platforms and regulators are well-equipped to address online harms across the variety of digital services in use today and in the future. To this end, we strongly support policy options two and three of the inception impact assessment as they would allow to update the regulatory framework towards a fair, proportionate approach. To clarify and upgrade the liability and safety rules for digital services, Match is in favor of a general duty of care that is supported by obligations of means. As the current on-going Digital Services Act consultation rightly points out, we believe these ‘obligations of means’ could be “an effective ‘notice and action’ system”, “have content moderation teams appropriately trained and resourced”, “cooperate with trusted organisations”, and “systematically respond to requests from law enforcement authorities”. Match Group also supports the principle of giving users more control over online services, including over the way they are targeted online. We welcome “additional asymmetric obligations depending on the type/size and or risk a digital service presents”. This would acknowledge the specific impact of large, integrated data-intensive companies based on the risks they create, especially those incentivizing “viral” content, irrespective of whether the content is good or harmful, with the objective to maximize their profits through the monetization of personal data. To this end, we support the European Commission’s language in the DSA consultation on having “auditing systems over platforms’ actions and risk assessment” mechanisms. We are in favor of adapting the level of scrutiny to the degree of risk generated by a platform on a basis, for instance, of its “systemic” role and its business model, in particular when relying on the monetization of users’ data through targeted advertising. On the latter, we welcome the Commission’s intention to explore the role of online advertising and dedicate a full section in the DSA consultation on the matter. We believe it is important for users to gain more control over their online journey as an essential way to build trust. Match already implements effective reporting mechanisms and works to constantly improve them; new reporting and counter-notice mechanisms need to be adapted to the reality of specific sectors. For instance in online dating, which results in “real life” meetings, the right for users to “appeal” a ban decision needs to be balanced with the priority to ensure user safety – i.e. for offenders and harassers to not be able to “play” the system at the expense of vulnerable publics.
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Meeting with Julian Siegl (Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King)

30 Jan 2019 · tackling terrorist content online

Meeting with Eric Peters (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

10 Jul 2018 · illegal content online ; online platform

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

27 Jun 2018 · Platforms, tackling illegal content online