TO MATCH A PREDATOR.

FEATURES MATTHEW HERRICK'S dating profiles depicted a muscular man with olive-green eyes and red-hot bedroom interests. Match Group, for example, argued in an amicus brief it submitted in Matthew Herrick's case against Grindr that companies like theirs might "cease to exist altogether" without it. Two other gay dating apps took swift action to remove fake profiles, Herrick says.) In 2017, as Herrick pursued criminal charges against Gutierrez, he also sued Grindr. But their passage, paired with the judicial system's increased acceptance of product liability arguments in tech cases and international efforts to increase enforcement power against online platforms, suggests tech companies may soon be more vulnerable to civil claims than they were when Herrick took Grindr to court. [Extracted from the article]