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September 18, 2020

Sex in the office? Or a crude publicity stunt?

The chairman of a dating app was seemingly trying to apologise to staff for a "sexual incident" at the office. But it went out to the wrong list.


Isabel Woodford

2 min read

The chairman of the dating app Thursday mistakenly sent a confidential email to a public-mailing list apologising for one of the company’s cofounders being caught having “sexual activity” in the office, according to the company.

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A copy of the staff-note.
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The follow-up email
The company posted this on Instagram saying it had made a mistake and an official statement would follow.
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