Overview
- University of Tennessee student Kaelyn Lunglhofer alleges the Meete dating app took her graduation TikTok, added graphics and a voiceover that pitched “friends with benefits,” and ran it as an ad without her consent.
- Her complaint says the company used geofencing to deliver the ad to people near her, including men in her dorm on Snapchat, which means the ad was targeted to users inside a set location around campus.
- A judge ordered representatives of Quantum Communications Development Unlimited in the British Virgin Islands and Chinese firms Starpool Data Limited and Guangzhou Yuedong Interconnection Technology to sit for depositions in the United States.
- Lunglhofer seeks $750,000 in punitive damages plus any revenue tied to her image, citing the federal Lanham Act, Tennessee’s ELVIS Act, and state claims for defamation and right of publicity.
- CyberScoop could not reach the named companies for comment, Meete’s App Store listing touts strict safety policies, Google Play reviews complain about bots and poor local matches, and Apple, Google, and Snap did not comment.