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Online Dating Background Checks To Be Law | Oasisoflove.com
By Richard Akindele, Sat Dec 10th
Interest is brewing from various quarters to require backgroundchecks for users of dating websites. Most users who join dating sites have no idea how effective theparticular dating site is. They therefore sign-up with severaldating sites either in a bid to find the ideal site, or tosimply try all different sites simultaneously until they findtheir mate on one of them. If the government lays down the law that people using datingsites succumb to background checks, most people cannot afford topay for the background check. For those who pay once and arediscontented with the website, they are unlikely to pay over andover again to try other dating sites. Therefore, the governmentwould inadvertently have dealt a big blow to online dating,which may spell the demise of online personals business.
Be that as it may that a background check has its benefits, canwe say it's fair to single out dating websites? What aboutclassified ads in newspapers and periodicals? What is good forthe goose is good for the gander. Are newspaper companiestherefore, also going to be required to conduct checks onadvertisers before personal ads could be posted? If not, why not? What was the matrix of this proposal in the first place? Thewhole idea is predicated upon making it safer for people to dateonline. Basically, anybody with a criminal background wouldeither automatically be disallowed from signing-up on datingsites, or must have something next to their profile that saysthe user has a criminal background. The former is more likely. With that said, are people without a record guaranteed to beabove board when they meet someone online, or would it merelycreate a false sense of security for users of dating sites? Furthermore, background checks can only be conducted
with themost ease on USA residents. What then is to be done about theother millions of users from other countries around the worldwho contact Americans? Unless the law prohibits Americans fromdating foreign users, and vice versa, a law requiring backgroundchecks would be grossly ineffective, and not likely to achievethe desired effect. Besides the obvious negative impact of this law on online datingindustry, government involvement in dating sites sets adangerous precedence for regulating other areas of the Internet.Where do we draw the line? What the government should be focusing its energy on iseducating users about ways of conducting background checks. Anyuser on an online dating website can dig up information onsomebody he or she is communicating with. Many county websitesnow provide public information such as marriage/divorce records,mortgages, business ownership, sex offences, felony convictions,etc. With this type of information available free of charge, isthere any sense in the government getting involved? Surely it'dpoint out people with a record, but the negative repercusions ondating sites clearly outweigh the benefits. Perhaps the single most important point to consider in this lawwould be how often a dating site needs to repeat backgroundchecks on it's millions of members. A user with no criminalrecord at the time he or she signs up for an account, may end upwith a record anytime afterward, which automatically renders theold background check useless. This proposed law is nothing more than window dressing on thepart of the legislators pursuing it. Fingers are crossed to seewhat becomes of it. Discuss and vote on this topic at http://oasisoflove.com/polls/ About the author:Richard Akindele is the Founder of http://www.oasisoflove.com, afull-featured, and FREE online dating service. Sign-up and startto meet singles in your local area.
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