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In an attempt to make online dating safer, Tinder will soon allow users to run background checks from the app on any potential dates that they match with. Match Group (which runs Tinder, Match.com, and Plenty of Fish) announced this Monday that it made an investment in Garbo, which describes itself as "a new kind of background check designed to help proactively prevent gender-based violence in the digital age."
Once the feature goes live, Tinder users will be able to find out if their future dates have criminal records or a history of violence. Garbo says that the low-cost background checks collect "public records and reports of violence or abuse, including arrests, convictions, restraining orders, harassment, and other violent crimes." Garbo also excludes arrests related to drug possession and traffic violations, as these disproportionately impact minority groups.
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Tinder will soon let you run a background check on your matches originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 16 Mar 2021 at 22:26:48 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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