Users of the dating app in France will be encouraged to vote in the upcoming presidential election
Dating app Tinder and civil rights NGO ‘A Voté’ jointly announced on Wednesday that they were launching a campaign to encourage young French people to register and vote in the upcoming presidential election.
While browsing potential love matches, Tinder users will be shown a swipe-able video card bearing the message: “If you’re dating near home… Then vote near home!”
The reminder will be live until April 8, for all active users of the application in France aged 18 to 25.
Those who click on the message will be redirected to the ‘A Voté’ site, which provides people with all the information they need to vote in the 2022 presidential election.
In France, mis-registration on the electoral lists, mostly caused by moving home, affected 7.6 million people in 2017, including 51% of 25- to 29-year-olds, according to sociologist Céline Braconnier. The age profile of Tinder users is among those most likely to be impacted by voting mis-registration and abstention.
Ben Puygrenier, a spokesperson for Tinder in France, said the initiative would “help the young generation to recognize that together they have a voice.”
France’s presidential election kicks off on April 10, with incumbent Emmanuel Macron facing stiff opposition from a number of right-wing candidates.
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A settlement between Remington and families of victims in the Sandy Hook attack is the first of its kind
American gun manufacturer Remington has agreed to pay $73 million to families of nine victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut. The settlement marks the first time a gun manufacturer has been held liable for a mass shooting in the United States.
The families had taken issue with the way in which Remington had marketed its Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle, which was later used in the Newton, Connecticut school shooting that took the lives of 20 children and six adults on December 14, 2012. The gunman also murdered his mother, who legally owned the rifle, and later killed himself with a pistol.
Through their lawsuit, the families argued Remington had specifically marketed its rifle to at-risk young men through efforts such as advertising in violent video games. In one flagged advertisement, the rifle is featured with the phrase: “Consider your man card reissued.”
“Marketing weapons of war directly to young people known to have a strong fascination with firearms is reckless and, as too many families know, deadly conduct,” Nicole Hockley, whose son Dylan was killed in the massacre, said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Remington had previously argued that there was no evidence linking their advertising to that specific shooting. The arms manufacturer had also argued it was protected under immunity laws for gunmakers. The Connecticut Supreme Court, however, ruled the suit could move forward as it was focused on the company’s marketing. The US Supreme Court denied hearing an appeal.
Remington filed for bankruptcy in 2020, with the firm’s value quickly dropping in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting. Its assets were sold off to several companies. Four insurers for the now-defunct firm have agreed to pay the massive settlement.
