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Does Tinder really have users in China and North Korea 'even though Facebook is banned'?

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Tinder claims to have "many" users in North Korea, where the internet is tightly regulated. Photo: AP
Dating app Tinder sparked much consternation, and no small amount of mockery, when it claimed on Wednesday that it has many users in China and North Korea.

During a flood of tweets sent out on its official account in response to a recent article in Vanity Fair that was somewhat critical of the service, Tinder said that the author should have spoken "to our many users in China and North Korea who find a way to meet people on Tinder even though Facebook is banned".

Tinder is highly dependent on Facebook, users have to login with their Facebook account, and the app draws data from their profile and uses it to help them find matches. Facebook is completely blocked in mainland China and North Korea.

 

 

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