Bumble removed its political filter after people used it to lure conservatives who were at the Capitol riot into sending incriminating evidence – IOTW Report

Bumble removed its political filter after people used it to lure conservatives who were at the Capitol riot into sending incriminating evidence

Yahoo: The dating app Bumble temporarily suspended its political filter in the US after multiple people tweeted about using it to find conservatives who took part in last week’s Capitol insurrection and turn them into law-enforcement authorities.

On January 7, a day after the pro-Trump riot, Alia Awadallah, a woman in Washington, DC, tweeted: “There are DOZENS of men on DC dating apps right now who were clearly here for the insurrection attempt.”

“Some say it directly, others are obvious from MAGA clothing, location tags, etc. Is that info useful at all for law enforcement?”

When someone later sent her the FBI tips website, Awadallah said she had submitted some evidence. read more

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