Dating apps Tinder and Bumble removed George Zimmerman, who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in 2012, from their platforms over safety concerns
Tinder recently removed Zimmerman, who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in 2012, from its platform. According to screen grabs of the profile obtained by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, Zimmerman went by the alias"Carter" and claimed to be looking for"carefree, fun!" According to the bio,"Carter" was a self-employed consultant who attended Liberty University who also happened to love the outdoors, fishing, camping and hiking.
Read More"George Zimmerman was blocked and banned in December 2018 when we first discovered his profile and we have blocked and banned him again after we were informed by our users that he had created a new unverified profile," the statement read."We have thousands of moderators working tirelessly with our users to make Bumble the safest and most empowering social networking platform and this is another example of those efforts.
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