Supreme Court hearing that he now refuses to use the gay dating app where his friend, Alexander Lo, encountered Dwight Kematch, who beat and stabbed Lo to death in January 2024. The murders of Lo and Zafar are not the first of their kind in Canada, linked to online dating platforms. Many of the victims met or communicated with McArthur through dating apps, prosecutor Michael Cantlon said at the time. On-app safety features include "reporting and blocking features" and some apps have also created workarounds to address societal power imbalances. "There's a lot of individualization of responsibility in terms of the features these dating app companies put out there.

Source: CBC News January 26, 2026 15:05 UTC