Match.com
Match is an online dating service with headquarters are in Dallas, Texas. The company has offices in Dallas, West Hollywood, San Francisco, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, and Beijing. Match is owned by Match Group, which owns several online dating services.[1]
Type of site
Use by sexual predators[edit]
A woman claiming she was raped by another person she met on Match.com sued the site in 2011.[31] The woman and her lawyer wanted Match.com to start doing background checks on their users to prevent registered sex offenders from using the site. Match.com has responded that it would create many problems getting background information from all its users.[32] Days after the lawsuit was filed, Match.com announced that the site would begin screening new members.[33]
From 2011 to 2014, Jason Lawrance, a man described by British police as a “sexual predator” contacted thousands of women through the website. He raped five of them. In March 2016, Derby Crown Court heard that four of the victims complained about the man to Match.com; one of the women was told that administrators could not do anything because he had not sent abusive messages through the site.[34][35]