LONDON — Learning disability campaigners are calling on dating app OkCupid to apologise and remove an “offensive and discriminatory” question from its site.
Users who signed up for OkCupid were asked a series of questions designed to pair people with compatible matches; one of which was brought to the attention of Mencap, a charity representing people with learning disabilities.
Users were asked: “Would the world be a better place if people with low IQs were not allowed to reproduce?”
Image: okcupid / mencap
Mencap campaigner Ciara Lawrence — who has a learning disability — was “horrified” when a colleague brought the question to her attention, prompting her to launch a petition calling on the dating app to remove the question and apologise for any offence it has caused. Read more…
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