{"id":1368827,"date":"2022-03-10T10:55:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T15:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1368827"},"modified":"2022-03-10T10:55:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T15:55:58","slug":"tinder-adds-background-checks-after-years-of-crimes-against-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tinder-adds-background-checks-after-years-of-crimes-against-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinder Adds Background Checks After Years of Crimes Against Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftinder-adds-background-checks-after-years-of-crimes-against-women%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1368827&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Popular dating app Tinder has reportedly added a tool that lets users run background checks on prospective dates. Following years of negative public opinion due to Tinder being used to set up women for crimes, parent company Match Group has enabled a system that will offer a background check on potential dates for arrests and convictions of violent crimes, along with sex offender registry status.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tinder-adds-background-checks-to-its-dating-app-11646834400\">reports<\/a>\u00a0that Match Group\u2019s Tinder is implementing a tool that will allow users to run background checks on prospective dates to address safety issues on the popular dating app. Match Group has reportedly been developing the tool since last March when it announced its investment in Garbo Technolgy, which operates as a nonprofit background check organization.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_9109114\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2018\/07\/Danueal-Drayton-alleged-Tinder-rapist-murderer-NYPD.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Man Allegedly Used Tinder to Kill, Rape Multiple Women (NYPD)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5813927\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/tinder-app-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5813927\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/tinder-app-getty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leon Neal\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tinder members will be directed to Garbo to input information about themselves and details about the match they wish to investigate. Garbo will search for arrests and convictions of certain violent crimes, and sex offender registry status.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Tracey Breeden, head of safety and social advocacy at Match Group, commented:\u00a0\u201cThis is the first that\u2019s been done in this industry.\u201d The company has previously faced harsh criticism over a number of sexual assaults and other crimes that have taken place between matches on the app.<\/p>\n<p>In July of last year, a woman\u2019s tinder date <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2021\/07\/15\/video-woman-rescued-tinder-date-allegedly-held-her-captive-three-days\/\">allegedly sexually assaulted her and held her captive for three days<\/a>. The woman met the man she alleges attacked her via Tinder and was rescued when a good Samaritan heard her cries for help in Oakland, California.<\/p>\n<p>Tinder has been aware for some time that meeting people via its app can be risky. In 2020, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2020\/01\/24\/tinder-launches-panic-button-feature-for-hookups-gone-wrong\/\">launched<\/a> new safety features including a panic button that would allow users to contact emergency services if their meeting with a match became dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tinder-adds-background-checks-to-its-dating-app-11646834400\"><em>Wall Street Journal\u00a0<\/em>here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular dating app Tinder has reportedly added a tool that lets users run background checks on prospective dates. 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