Tinder bans under 18s from using its dating app

Tinder has today banned under-18s using the service after it was revealed teenagers were using the service to meet with children as young as 13. Child protection campaigners have been upset that since 2012 the online dating app has allowed people aged between 13 and 17 to hook up. But it has emerged that adults have been posing as teenagers to have sexual contact with children, or 16 and 17-year-olds have been grooming boys and girls under the age of consent. Yesterday a serving police officer admitted he had groomed a 15-year-old girl he met on the Tinder and would later film the girl performing a sex act on him. Stephen McMillan, 26, sent a photo of the underage girl's naked breasts to three friends - leading to her becoming suicidal and taking a drug overdose, magistrates were told.