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By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Former Tinder marketing Vice President Whitney Wolfe is suing the popular dating-app company for sexual harassment and discrimination, making it the latest technology business to face challenges over its treatment of women. Among the allegations: that Chief Executive Officer Sean Rad and the company’s chief marketing officer, Justin Mateen, removed her title as co-founder because of her gender; IAC/InterActiveCorp owns a majority stake in Los Angeles-based Tinder and is also a defendant, along with fellow dating site and IAC portfolio company Match.com. A spokesman for IAC said that Mateen had been suspended pending an ongoing internal investigation, and called messages he sent Wolfe “inappropriate.” “We unequivocally condemn these messages,” the spokesman said, “but believe that Ms. Wolfe’s allegations with respect to Tinder and its management are unfounded.” Tinder and Match did not reply to emails requesting comment.