Bumble launches safety guide for women to tackle online harassment

Bumble on Wednesday announced the launch of a new initiative called ‘Stand for Safety’. The women-first dating app has partnered with Red Dot Foundation’s flagship public safety platform, Safecity, to launch a safety guide for women. In a survey conducted by Bumble it was found that 83% of women in India experience online harassment of some kind, and 1 in 3 women experience it weekly. Around 70% of women also believe that cyberbullying has actually increased since lockdown.

Commenting on the launch of the safety guide, Priti Joshi, VP of Global Strategy & Operations at Bumble said, “Through Bumble’s Stands for Safety initiative, we hope to equip and empower women in India with crucial information to understand and recognise, prevent and fight digital abuse.