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Match.com will screen users against sex offender database →
Screening for sex offenders on Match.com isn’t the answer to this problem. The internet is this infinite source of information. If someone is really concerned, there are tons of sites that can be used to do research on an individual before meeting him/her. There are inherent risks involved in any activity with _anyone_ you don’t know … whether it’s buying something from someone on craigslist or hiring a plumber off the Yellow Pages. People need to own up and take personal responsibility for their safety.
Besides, I don’t even think Match.com requires people to use their real names. They _do_ require payment but there are lots of ways to pay things semi-anonymously these days. Facebook has attempted to force people to use their real identities (I found this out when creating a Facebook page for my cats … not an easy task … especially when their “name checking” algorithm kept rejecting “Dexter and Jez Rao-Longino”) but there are tons of fake identities on Facebook. The anonymity of the internet will never go away (unless something horrible happens and our right to privacy is taken from us). It’s sad but I’m sure tons of terrible things have happened to people over decades of responding to personals in newspapers.
Finally - due to how fragmented sex offender databases are in the US - Match.com might not even be able to report 100% accurate information. Even sites that focus on background checks require several pieces of information to narrow down a list of people with the name “John Doe” to the right individual. If all identifying pieces of information are not provided you could get a report on the background of someone entirely different (which is a liability in itself - makes me feel sorry for all of those other “Jeffrey Dahmer’s” out there …).
