Bumble bans images of guns in profile pictures
Dating app Bumble will no longer allow images of guns in users’ profile photos. In a blog post last night, the company announced that its moderation team would begin the process of removing any previously uploaded user photos that include gun imagery or firearms and continue to moderate new uploads in the future.
The decision comes amid widespread calls for gun control following several mass shootings in the US, including one last month at a high school in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were killed. In the weeks that followed, companies like Delta, United Airlines, MetLife, and Hertz cut ties with the NRA, largely due to public pushback. Bumble has also cut ties with the NRA, The New York Times reports.
Bumble’s CEO, Whitney Wolfe…
