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  1. State-Run Dating Apps: Are They Morally Desirable?Bouke de Vries - 2024 - Philosophy and Technology 37 (1):1-21.
    In a bid to boost fertility levels, Iran and Japan have recently launched their own dating apps, with more countries likely to follow. The aim of this article is to consider whether state-run dating apps are morally desirable, which is a question that has not received any scholarly attention. It finds that such apps have at least two benefits that collectively, if not individually, render their introduction to be welcomed provided certain conditions are met. These benefits are that they are (...)
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  • Dating apps as tools for social engineering.Martin Beckstein & Bouke De Vries - 2025 - Ethics and Information Technology 27 (1):1-13.
    In a bid to boost their below-replacement fertility levels, some countries, such as China, India, Iran, and Japan, have launched state-sponsored dating apps, with more potentially following. However, the use of dating apps as tools for social engineering has been largely neglected by political theorists and public policy experts. This article fills this gap. While acknowledging the risks and historical baggage of social engineering, the article provides a qualified defense of using these apps for three purposes: raising below-replacement birth rates, (...)
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