I’m going to strenuously resist the temptation to shoot the messenger, on this one. Ms. Stephanie Rosenbloom writing for The New York Times online posted an article dated Dec 18, 2010 entitled “New Online-Date Detectives Can Unmask Mr. or Ms. Wrong.” As Ms. Rosenbloom relates, there is a (relatively) new crop of companies popping up on the Net targeted at verifying identity and helping online daters sort the good apples from the bad. I’m sure most of us would agree that’s good news. Unfortunately, the article doesn’t stop there.
The article predicts the government is about to get involved. Ms. Rosenbloom goes on to note that New York and New Jersey have taken the first legislative steps toward attempting to “regulate Internet dating sites” and that “…legal experts believe changes to the liability laws that protect such sites are on the horizon.”