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The app’s parent firm Match Group announced on Wednesday it would begin offering access to Garbo, a new US online background check platform that can show if someone has a history of violence.<\/p>\n
After navigating to Garbo through the Tinder app, users then enter the name, phone number or other details about a potential date to check for arrests, convictions and sex offender registry information.<\/p>\n
Dating apps, including Tinder, have been pressured to take action after women have reported they were sexually assaulted by men they connected with via the platforms.<\/p>\n
“This is just the first step in delivering on our mission to help proactively prevent harm in the digital age,” Garbo founder Kathryn Kosmides said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Match said up to 500,000 free Garbo searches would be made available, and thereafter a check would cost $2.50 plus a processing fee.<\/p>\n
Search results exclude certain offenses like drug possession, loitering or vagrancy, and do not provide personal details like home addresses and phone numbers, Garbo said.<\/p>\n
The firm, in a blog post, said the service is intended to prevent violence by offering information, but noted its limitations.<\/p>\n
“Most violent individuals never interact with the criminal justice system and Garbo does not have access to all records across the United States due to jurisdictional challenges,” the post said.<\/p>\n
Sexual violence researcher Nicole Bedera told AFP sexual assault is frequently not reported to authorities, and documented cases face barriers in the justice system.<\/p>\n
“It’s a very under prosecuted crime. And even when cases do move through the criminal justice system — regardless of what country you’re in — you’re going to see a low conviction rate,” she added.<\/p>\n
Sarah Lageson, an associate professor at the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice, pointed to the incompleteness of criminal record information as well as their racial bias.<\/p>\n
“Many white sexual predators do not have a criminal record and many Black people have a misleading or unfair one,” she noted.<\/p>\n
Garbo, for its part, pointed to the reality and risks of the current time.<\/p>\n
“In today’s digital age, we’re connecting with more strangers than ever before \u2014 yet we increasingly know less and less about who we’re meeting,” the company noted.<\/p>\n
“What if we could proactively prevent some of the harm against ourselves and our communities?” it asked.<\/p>\n
\u00a9 2022 AFP<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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