Sex Workers Say That Tinder Is Shutting Down Their Profiles

BUZZFEED - Nov 4 - Soliciting is banned on the app, but sex workers say that even when they make clear they are only using Tinder for dating their profiles get taken down. They said they had mentioned in their profiles that they were sex workers – but only because they wanted to be up front with people who they matched with. Tinder may be shutting down sex worker profiles to avoid falling foul of Trump's SESTA/FOSTA legislation. In April, President Donald Trump signed a bill made from a combination of the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act, or SESTA, and the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, known as FOSTA, which gave law enforcement officials sweeping new powers to go after internet platforms used by traffickers, including making those platforms liable for the content that users publish.

by Hannah Al-Othman
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