Dating app Bumble bans profile photos with guns

Dating app Bumble announced Friday that it will ban profile photos with guns in them in response to the mass shooting at a Florida high school last month.

A statement on the Bumble website said that the company will now moderate all photos for the presence of guns, excluding users who are in military or law enforcement uniforms in their photos.

“Online behavior can both mirror and predict how people treat each other in the real world,” the statement reads. “As mass shootings continue to devastate communities across the country, it’s time to state unequivocally that gun violence is not in line with our values, nor do these weapons belong on Bumble.”

We were founded with safety, respect and kindness in mind. As mass shootings continue to devastate communities across the country, it’s time to state unequivocally that gun violence is not in line with our values, nor do these weapons belong on Bumble. https://t.co/fC4rPlGJ8y pic.twitter.com/Qmy7zLatRP

— Bumble (@bumble) March 5, 2018

Bumble also announced that it will donate $100,000 to the “March for Our Lives,” the nationwide anti-gun violence march organized by the survivors of the Parkland shooting.

{mosads}“We stand with them, and join them in working towards a non-violent future,” the statement reads.

Bumble is the latest in a growing list of companies to take a public stance on gun violence following the shooting.

Several insurance companies, banks, car rental services and airlines have cut ties with the National Rifle Association, prompting outcry from pro-gun advocates and praise from the Florida survivors.