In case you haven\u2019t heard, Facebook\u2019s been having a rough time. Misuse of user data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal may have affected as many as 87 million users, so Facebook decided to seriously clamp down on the amount of data developers could use. That little move happened to break Tinder. As spotted by New\u2026<\/b>
\nIn case you haven\u2019t heard, Facebook\u2019s been having a rough time. Misuse of user data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal may have affected as many as 87 million users, so Facebook decided to seriously clamp down on the amount of data developers could use.
That little move happened to break Tinder .
As spotted by New York Magazine, Facebook\u2019s privacy changes seem to have caused something to go wrong with the way Tinder uses Facebook information. Users were logged out of their accounts, asked to log back in, and the caught in a loop.
That\u2019s going to screw up a lot of people\u2019s hook ups.
Jokes aside, it could really suck if you had plans and suddenly you can\u2019t communicate with your date. That said, it doesn\u2019t appear to affect every user, and two of us here at TNW were unable to replicate the problem using newly minted Tinder accounts.
Facebook confirmed the issue is related to its privacy lockdown in a statement to NY Mag:
Still, it seems to be mostly specific to Tinder, as we haven\u2019t heard much from the myriad of other apps using Facebook APIs. Shoot us a message if you\u2019re experiencing Facebook-related troubles with any other apps.
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