The Platform Question: Power, Accountability and Global South The Platform Question: Power, Accountability and Global South exploration for Savarnas until they settle down with more serious partners.” See Akhil Kang, ‘Savarna Citations of Desire: Queer Impossibilities of Inter-Caste Love’ (2023) 133 Feminist Review 63 <https://doi.org/10.1177/01417789221146514> accessed 8 April 2025. 80. It has been reported that an Australian dating platform for South Asian diaspora called Dil Mil allows filters to match within ‘dominant’ castes but has no options for ‘lower’ caste groups. See ‘Caste Discrimination Continues Its Journey – Now within the Australian Diaspora’ (Dalit Solidarity Network, 11 February 2021) <https://www.dsnuk.org/2021/02/11/caste-discrimination-continues-its-journey-now-within-the-australian-diaspora/> accessed 2 September 2025. 90. Manisha Mondal, ‘Being Dalit on a Dating App. Upper Caste Men Only Want to Argue over Reservation, EWS’ (ThePrint, 16 May 2024) <https://theprint.in/ opinion/pov/being-dalit-on-a-dating-app-upper-caste-men-only-want-toargue-over-reservation-ews/2087897/> accessed 9 July 2025; Dhanaraj (n 81); Kisana (n 87). 91. Dhanaraj (n 81); Noel Mariam George, ‘Beauty, Femininity and the Politics of “Desire”’ (12 February 2020) <https://www.roundtableindia.co.in/beauty-femininity-and-the-politics-of-desire/> accessed 17 August 2025. 81. See Christina Thomas Dhanaraj, ‘Swipe me left, I’m Dalit’ (GenderIT.org, 14 April 2018) <https://www.genderit.org/articles/swipe-me-left-im-dalit> ; Deep Mukherjee, ‘Looking for Love and Finding Caste on Dating Apps’ The Indian Express (28 October 2023) <https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/ dating-apps-love-caste-9003207/> accessed 11 October 2025. 92. Shailaja Paik, ‘Building Bridges: Articulating Dalit and African American Women’s Solidarity’ (2014) 42 WSQ: Women’s Studies Quarterly 74 <https:// muse.jhu.edu/article/572234> accessed 12 August 2025. 82. Carolina Bandinelli and Alessandro Gandini, ‘Dating Apps: The Uncertainty of Marketised Love’ (2022) 16 Cultural Sociology 423 <https://doi. org/10.1177/17499755211051559> accessed 12 August 2025. 94. Kuthiala and McBride (n 76). 83. Dhanaraj (n 81). 84. Shannon Philip, ‘Grindr Wars: Race, Caste, and Class Inequalities on Dating Apps in India and South Africa’ (2024) 26 Ethnoscripts <https://journals.sub. uni-hamburg.de/ethnoscripts/article/view/2329> accessed 2 April 2025. 96. As per its Code of Conduct, “No racist remark or religious persecution; any direct or indirect remarks will trigger the immediate termination of your account.” The list of prohibited content also mentions content that “is abusive, insulting or threatening, discriminatory or that promotes or encourages racism, sexism, hatred or bigotry.” 85. ibid. 97. Users must choose between Vegetarian, Non-vegetarian or Eggetarian. 86. See Kuthiala and McBride (n 76); Benson Rajan, ‘Fearing the “Known Unknown” Men: A Study on “Red Flags” and Safety Work on Dating Apps in India’ [2025] Women’s Studies in Communication 1. 98. Dolly Kikon, ‘Dirty Food: Racism and Casteism in India’ (2022) 45 Ethnic and Racial Studies 278 <https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2021.1964558> accessed 29 August 2023. 87. Ravikant Kisana, ‘Dating Like a Savarna’ (The Swaddle, 29 April 2023) <https://www.theswaddle.com/dating-like-a-savarna> accessed 9 July 2025. 99. Users must indicate whether they are Non-vegetarian, vegetarian, eggetarian, vegan or pescatarian. 88. Laurent Gayer and Christophe Jaffrelot, ‘Conclusion - “In Their Place?” The Trajectories of Marginalisation of India’s Urban Muslims’ (Columbia University Press ; Hurst Publishers 2012) <https://sciencespo.hal.science/hal-03415405> accessed 2 September 2020. 100. Aisle requires users to select from a list containing: Hindu, Spiritual, Muslim, Christian, Atheist, Agnostic, Buddhist, Jewish, Parsi, Sikh, Jain, Bahau or Other. 89. See Kisana (n 87); Anonymous, ‘Being Right-Swiped as a Dalit Woman on Dating Apps’ (LiveWire 19 July 2019) <https://livewire.thewire.in/livewire/dating-dalit-woman-casteism/>; TNM Staff, ‘Dalit Journalist Subjected to Horrific Harassment for Writing about Casteism in Dating Apps’ (The News Minute, 21 May 2024) <https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/dalit-journalist-subjectedto-horrific-harassment-for-writing-about-casteism-in-dating-apps> accessed 66 9 July 2025. Platform Accountability in Online Dating 93. ibid. 95. Dattani (n 77). 101. See Yashica Dutt, ‘“Indian Matchmaking” Exposes the Easy Acceptance of Caste’ (The Atlantic, 1 August 2020) <https://www.theatlantic.com/ culture/archive/2020/08/netflix-indian-matchmaking-and-the-shadow-of-caste/614863/> accessed 2 September 2025. 102. Match Group owns some of the most popular dating platforms, including Tinder, OkCupid, Hinge, Plenty of Fish, etc. Platform Accountability in Online Dating 67