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FL background check warning label

Here’s the wording of the proposed alert text that will go on dating site home pages. The revised bill is here. “NO BACKGROUND SEARCH OF FELONY OR SEXUAL OFFENSE CONVICTIONS IS DONE ON MEMBERS WHO USE THIS SERVICE. PLEASE TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY MEASURES...

Technology Leaders Voice Concerns in FL

Leading Internet and technology firms and trade associations expressed reservations over a proposed Florida bill that would impose government oversight on online dating, and would require criminal background checks or disclosures for users of online dating services....

Florida teens unable to keep their guard up

Mark Brooks has sent out a press release with quotes from a Florida legislator who parrots the phrase, “Many online daters have a false sense of security.” The line is obviously being fed to legislators, because most interviews use the same phrase and...

Background checks update

Tomorrow (Tuesday) the senate in Florida will continue debate on the Identity Verification Legislation. IDEA OASIS urges any dating sites opposed to this legislation to attend and support the growing group of dating and online communities that are fighting to defeat...

True hires FL lobbyist

According to the Palm Beach Post, True.com has hired a well-connected lobbyist from Tampa — former Secretary of the Department of Management Services Cynthia Henderson — to push it’s legislative measures. Henderson, a first-term appointee of Gov. Jeb...