Ever get false advertising vibes?... Or think those spend-the-rest-of-our-lives-together messages were from fake people? The FTC might be down to take your case. This week, the FTC announced a lawsuit against Match Group, the owner of Tinder, for misleading millions of potential daters with faux-mance.
Here's how the scheme went down... Match teased singles with fake messages from fake people in order to get them to join Match.com for real.
Fake ads aren't cool, and this is a bad look... We feel bad for the duped victims, despite their deficient fakeness radars. Match stock fell 7% on Wednesday on this news. Rivals Bumble and Facebook Dating could win some hearts.