The Meet Group Joins the Online Dating Association
July 01 2019 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
The Meet Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEET), a leading provider of
interactive livestreaming solutions, today announced it has joined
the Online Dating Association, an international nonprofit
organization dedicated to safety and standardizing best practices
in the online connection space.
“The ODA is a pioneer in standardizing best practices in online
dating and we are proud to be joining forces with their team,” said
Geoff Cook, CEO of The Meet Group. “Connecting millions of people a
day is inherently challenging. That is why we devote nearly half of
our entire workforce exclusively to safety and moderation. That is
also why we believe it is so important to share best practices
across our industry, to the benefit of all our users. We look
forward to working with the ODA and its members to reduce abusive
behavior across the space. We are particularly committed to leading
the way on safety practices for livestreaming apps.”
Said George Kidd, CEO of ODA, “We are thrilled to have The Meet
Group join us, and we look forward to its contributions as we
strive to continually improve the wellbeing of the online dating
sector and its users. We view The Meet Group as one of the leaders
in the space, investing millions of dollars annually to keep its
users safe.”
The Meet Group is also an active member of the Family Online
Safety Institute. FOSI Founder and CEO Stephen Balkam said, “We
commend The Meet Group's proactive approach to sharing best
practices with other leaders in the space, and focusing on the
wellbeing of users. We look forward to supporting their ongoing
work to ensure that those using social media services have a safe
and positive experience."
About The Meet Group
The Meet Group (NASDAQ: MEET) is a leading provider of
interactive livestreaming solutions designed to meet the universal
need for human connection. Our ecosystem of livestreaming apps
enables users around the world to interact through one-to-many
livestreaming broadcasts and text-based conversations. Our top
apps, MeetMe®, LOVOO®, Skout®, Tagged® and Growlr®, deliver live
interactions and meaningful connections to millions of users daily.
Headquartered in New Hope, PA, we have offices in Philadelphia, San
Francisco, Dresden, and Berlin. For more information, visit
themeetgroup.com, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter or
LinkedIn.
About the Online Dating Association
The ODA was set up in 2014 to develop and maintain standards
that give users assurance and ensure businesses trade responsibly.
It seeks also to inform policy makers and to promote messages to
users that minimize the risk of harm. Contact
info@onlinedatingassociation.org.uk Site
https://www.onlinedatingassociation.org.uk/
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, including whether we will share best practices
across our industry as anticipated; whether we will work with the
ODA and its members as anticipated; whether we will lead the way on
safety practices for livestreaming apps; and whether we will make
contributions to the ODA as anticipated. All statements other than
statements of historical facts contained herein are forward-looking
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results to differ from those in the forward-looking statements
include the risk that our applications will not function easily or
otherwise as anticipated, the risk that we will not launch
additional features and upgrades as anticipated, the risk that
unanticipated events affect the functionality of our applications
with popular mobile operating systems, any changes in such
operating systems that degrade our mobile applications’
functionality and other unexpected issues which could adversely
affect usage on mobile devices. Further information on our risk
factors is contained in our filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including the Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2018 filed with the SEC on March 8, 2019. Any
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