{"id":444128,"date":"2022-05-06T17:37:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T14:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/to-keep-people-and-their-money-safe-online-we-must-regulate-dating-platforms\/"},"modified":"2022-05-06T17:37:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T14:37:33","slug":"to-keep-people-and-their-money-safe-online-we-must-regulate-dating-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/to-keep-people-and-their-money-safe-online-we-must-regulate-dating-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"#To keep people, and their money, safe online, we must regulate dating platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3fd1a87c441\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3fd1a87c441\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/to-keep-people-and-their-money-safe-online-we-must-regulate-dating-platforms\/#%E2%80%9CTo_keep_people_and_their_money_safe_online_we_must_regulate_dating_platforms%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;To keep people, and their money, safe online, we must regulate dating platforms&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTo_keep_people_and_their_money_safe_online_we_must_regulate_dating_platforms%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;To keep people, and their money, safe online, we must regulate dating platforms&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/to-keep-people--and-th.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/to-keep-people--and-th.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"An increasing number of people are falling victim to cryptocurrency scams on dating websites. Credit: Shutterstock\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/to-keep-people--and-th.jpg\" alt=\"To keep people \u2014 and their money \u2014 safe online, regulate dating platforms\" title=\"An increasing number of people are falling victim to cryptocurrency scams on dating websites. Credit: Shutterstock\" width=\"800\" height=\"394\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                An increasing number of people are falling victim to cryptocurrency scams on dating websites. Credit: Shutterstock<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>You meet an attractive stranger on a dating site. They live in your city and you hit it off right away. Soon, you&#8217;re texting with them frequently and making plans to meet in person. You&#8217;ve been lonely and isolated amid lockdowns, and this person relieves the anguish, so you seem to be spending all your time chatting with them.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                What&#8217;s even better is that they&#8217;re doing great, financially. They got into the crypto investment boom at the right time and have seen their savings balloon. You really like them, so when they encourage you to take the dip together and put your own savings into crypto assets, it feels natural.<\/p>\n<p>Like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/21\/technology\/crypto-scammers-new-target-dating-apps.html\">thousands around the world<\/a>, you have been scammed. <\/p>\n<p>The crypto exchange you&#8217;ve put your money in is fake, a front set up by the same scammers who created the persona of your online partner\u2014who doesn&#8217;t exist. You can go to the authorities, but the money cannot be traced. It now makes up part of the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/nextadvisor\/investing\/cryptocurrency\/common-crypto-scams\/\">US$14 billion estimated to have been stolen this way<\/a> during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><b>Online connections<\/b><\/p>\n<p>During a period when <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> distancing became synonymous with personal and public safety, online technologies have facilitated connection with other people. In my ongoing research on how Haitian gay migrants in North America and Europe develop romantic relationships with partners in Haiti, I have seen how dating and messaging <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>s enable and support connections across borders. <\/p>\n<p>The past few years have seen constant hype surrounding cryptocurrencies\u2014new forms of digital currency that promise to revolutionize the global economy through decentralization. <\/p>\n<p>But their ease of use, together with a lack of government oversight and regulation, have created the perfect conditions for new kinds of cyber-financial crimes around the world. For example, the &#8220;pig-butchering&#8221; scam uses promises of love and financial gain to lure unsuspecting people into investing in bogus cryptocurrency trading platforms. And <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/8707720\/alberta-woman-conned-money-online-lothario\/\">the number of victims is on the rise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mainstream media reports of people making <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/johnhyatt\/2022\/04\/05\/the-richest-crypto-and-blockchain-billionaires-in-the-world-2022\/?sh=4719577b580d\">vast overnight fortunes through cryptocurrencies are frequent<\/a>. But this is only one side of the story\u2014the media hype has drowned out stories about how cryptocurrencies have become the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/4169ea4b-d6d7-4a2e-bc91-480550c2f539\">top form of payment for criminal activity thanks to their anonymity and privacy<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>And criminal gangs have capitalized on the increased interest: posing online as successful crypto traders, they take advantage of their marks&#8217; lack of experience.<\/p>\n<p><b>Keeping Canadians safe<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Online scams have major emotional and financial consequences for their victims. Some of them have seen their entire life savings vanish, leaving them to deal with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/she-lost-240000-in-pig-butchering-cryptocurrency-scam-after-fraudster-courted-her-for-months\">insurmountable debts<\/a> in addition to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/montreal.ctvnews.ca\/they-re-bloodsuckers-montreal-man-says-he-lost-nearly-400-000-in-cryptocurrency-scam-1.5671525\">symptoms arising<\/a> from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bc.ctvnews.ca\/hugely-traumatizing-romance-scams-on-the-rise-in-metro-vancouver-police-warn-1.5678069\">post-traumatic stress<\/a>, as well as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2022\/jan\/10\/it-felt-like-losing-a-husband-the-fraudsters-breaking-hearts-and-emptying-bank-accounts\">victim-blaming and shame<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are reacting, although late. The United Kingdom was the first country to introduce an Online Safety Bill to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2022\/mar\/08\/internet-scams-now-included-in-uk-online-safety-bill\">stop fraudsters using fake online adverts<\/a>. To force institutions to tackle online scams, such as romance scams, the bill will make <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/security-and-risk\/2022\/uk-online-safety-bill-can-reduce-authorized-push-payment-fraud\/\">reimbursements mandatory to victims<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koin.com\/top-stories\/fbi-issues-new-warning-about-scam-using-dating-sites-crypto\/\">Federal Bureau of Investigation<\/a> has launched media campaigns to increase awareness about sophisticated scams. In the same vein, Biden signed <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/nextadvisor\/investing\/cryptocurrency\/biden-executive-order-crypto-expert-reaction\/\">an executive order to regulate the cryptocurrency industry<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In 2018, India considered <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medianama.com\/2022\/03\/223-cryptocurrency-regulation-india-legal-anatomy\/\">banning cryptocurrencies altogether<\/a>, before imposing a tax as a form of regulation instead. And some banks and governmental institutions in France have sent out alerts to app users warning them about <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cafedelabourse.com\/actualites\/crypto-monnaie-gare-arnaques-sites-blacklistes\">scams impersonating their organizations<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><b>National regulation<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Given the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca\/features-vedette\/2022\/02\/romance-rencontre-eng.htm\">alarming number of victims of online dating scams in Canada<\/a>, the federal government should include strengthened safeguards against online scams in its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/campaigns\/harmful-online-content.html\">new commitment to keep Canadians safe online<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The new regulatory framework for online safety that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/political-opinion\/2022\/04\/19\/elon-musks-attempt-to-buy-twitter-should-be-setting-off-alarm-bells-in-ottawa.html\">the Canadian government is currently developing<\/a> must include provisions to hold online services accountable. These services include cryptocurrency trading and exchange platforms, online banking, dating apps and social media.<\/p>\n<p>As the government moves toward creating safer online experiences for Canadians, there should also be a concerted effort to combat growing dating and crypto investment scams.\n                                                                                                                        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Crypto theft is on the rise: How the crimes are committed, and how you can protect yourself\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<div class=\"d-inline-block text-medium my-4\">\n                                                Provided by<br \/>\n                                                                                                    The Conversation<br \/>\n                                                                                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon_open\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\"><br \/>\n                                                        <svg>\n                                                            <use href=\"https:\/\/techx.b-cdn.net\/tmpl\/v2\/img\/svg\/sprite.svg#icon_open\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\"\/>\n                                                        <\/svg><br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                This article is republished from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\">The Conversation<\/a> under a Creative Commons license. 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