UAE Continues To Block Dating Sites, But Allows Tinder!

GDI Content Partners 18th October 201820th June 2019

MARK BROOKS – Oct 18 – It’s no secret that the UAE blocks dating sites. I’m in Dubai for a few days and I thought I’d check the top ten dating sites in the USA according to Experian for September 2018. Here’s the results so you can see who’s blocked, and who’s not.

    1 POF – blocked
    2 Match.com – blocked
    3 Zoosk – blocked
    4 OkCupid – blocked
    5 Adam4Adam – blocked
    6 OurTime – blocked
    7 SPDate.com – blocked
    8 Badoo – blocked
    9 Tinder – wow, Tinder is available and not blocked!
    10 AshleyMadison – blocked

I also checked Matrimony and Shaadi and they’re both open and available. UAE doesn’t allow Internet dating but it does allow select matrimonial services. So how does Tinder make the cut? Does anyone have any insight on this?

and here’s the rest of the list from Experian.

    11 SeekingArrangement – blocked
    12 Manhunt – blocked
    13 FarmersOnly – blocked
    14 eHarmony – blocked
    15 BlackPeopleMeet – blocked
    16 Alt.com – blocked
    17 Flirt.com – blocked
    18 Mingle2 – blocked
    19 SeniorPeopleMeet.com – blocked

I believe, expats who are on foreign app stores, i.e. USA, can get access to apps however. – Mark Brooks