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Aug. 23, 2011
Battle looms over website background checks
Websites that facilitate meet-ups are not liable if a rendezvous goes awry, and few perform any background checks. A Los Angeles woman who was raped by a date she met on Match.com, is seeking to change that.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Sellers and buyers connected for commerce through Craigslist, globetrotters finding a pad on CouchSurfing.com, and perfect strangers meeting for a romantic dinner with the help of Match.com all have one thing in common - they turn Internet connections into face-to-face meetings with unknown consequences.
Under current federal law, the websites that facilitate these meetings are not liable if the...
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