Current news attention has resurrected the idea that criminal history checks for online online dating sites are helpful and really should also be needed for legal reasons.

Sunday’s front page article within the ny circumstances described just just how organizations offering checks that are background “unmask Mr. or Ms. incorrect.” And Morning that is today’s good America a segment called “Online Dating: have you been Flirting by having a Felon?”

I happened to be interviewed by both the Times and Good Morning America to express why these criminal record checks are shallow, produce a sense that is false of, and that federal government should not mandate these for online dating services. To start with, i will say that I’m personally involved with this problem. We came across my partner on Match.com. Read more