Florida Panel May Regulate Online Dating

[kskiska]

Florida, again!

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Virtual dating can attract real criminals, and some lawmakers want the state to help protect lovelorn singles from stalkers and rapists lurking on the Internet.

Lawmakers delved into the world of online dating Wednesday, debating a bill that would require Web sites to notify paying visitors whether they perform criminal background checks on their members.

"We do say love is blind. This is to put a disclosure there so we can lift the blinders," said sponsor Rep. Kevin Ambler, R-Tampa.

But critics said the move was a transparent marketing ploy by one online dating company that already performs the checks. And a Florida expert who has reviewed thousands of cases said he has never come across a crime stemming from an online dating site encounter.

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[etherealtruth]

1. Will they have people posted by the exits at bars ...

... to check the backgrounds of people who weren't previously acquainted? How about the art museum, the symphony ... the 7-11?

[BattyDem]

5. Exactly! How is meeting someone online any different than ...

meeting someone anywhere? :shrug:

[whistle]

2. Oh it is so comforting to know that Florida legislators are watching

...out for the morals of its residents. Before virtual dating can result in an assault or rape, don't the persons have to physically meet some place?

[Charlie Brown]

3. The Republican obsession w/policing our private lives continues...n/t

[kskiska]

4. And then there's Tom Foley

policing the nudist camps.

[BattyDem]

6. So Florida thinks online dating should be regulated ...

but intentionally exposing children to pesticides should not! :crazy:

[Horse with no Name]

7. I read that Dr. Neil Clark Warren, the founder of

www.eharmony.com was a huge supporter of the * cabal.
I'm sure that this will benefit him somewhere.
They never do anything that isn't paying back a political favor to someone.

[sonicx]

8. small limited government. gotta love those republicans...