Published: May 25th, 2021
The U.S. government is leveraging dating apps to promote vaccine adoption, China condemns popular apps for illegal data collection, and Google to discontinue unlimited Photo backup.
It’s all the tech news that’s got people buzzing right now. Hope everyone’s had a good long weekend and welcome to Hashtag Trending! It’s Tuesday, May 25th and I’m your host Tom Li.
Vaccines not only protect you from Covid, but they can also make you more attractive when looking for a partner online. To boost vaccine adoption, the U.S. government is working with dating apps to give jabbed users extra features. According to the Biden administration, vaccinated love-seekers will have free access to features such as Super Likes and be placed higher up on the candidate list. They’ll even get a cool badge on their profile and gain exclusive chat stickers. The administration reached out to Tinder first, but nearly all the major dating apps, including Match, Bumble, and Hinge are rolling out premium content to vaccinated users.