Human dating sites are are impacted. As noted Craigslist had to shut down its personals sections.
To the old people in the room, imagine if the newspaper that printed classifieds were responsible for the outcome of said classifieds. This is what many of these sites are trying to mitigate against. It's not worth the risk to those that hold such sites to risk being sued if an individual uses such sites to harm others.
In essence it would require the site owner to have the ad poster's personal information and to do a background check on them, and to have them sign a responsibility waiver that would cause any and all lawsuits coming from their interactions with those that respond to their ads as their responsibility.
Obviously that's a lot of effort for a site that probably doesn't make any money off the actions of its users. For a place like e Harmony or other services where you have to pay to be a member, it may be something they can deal with more readily.
Human dating sites are are impacted. As noted Craigslist had to shut down its personals sections.
To the old people in the room, imagine if the newspaper that printed classifieds were responsible for the outcome of said classifieds. This is what many of these sites are trying to mitigate against. It's not worth the risk to those that hold such sites to risk being sued if an individual uses such sites to harm others.
In essence it would require the site owner to have the ad poster's personal information and to do a background check on them, and to have them sign a responsibility waiver that would cause any and all lawsuits coming from their interactions with those that respond to their ads as their responsibility.
Obviously that's a lot of effort for a site that probably doesn't make any money off the actions of its users. For a place like e Harmony or other services where you have to pay to be a member, it may be something they can deal with more readily.