Tinder to make identity verification available to members to increase security – Pocket-lint
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(Pocket-lint) – Tinder has confirmed that it will make identity verification available to its users on a voluntary basis, as it aims to increase security on the platform and reassure its users.
Identity verification is kind of a hot potato on the internet. On the one hand, many of you are calling for a more mandatory verification of identity, on the other, the argument that verification can put people at risk and deter those who speak out against real world wrongdoing.
Tinder has made it clear that identity verification on the platform will be voluntary, unless required by law in a particular region where it is available.
For users there are a lot of incentives to use ID verification because it makes it much more likely that you are talking to the person you think you are talking to and it is easy to see a future where people will only match those who are also. checked.
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“Identity verification is complex and nuanced, which is why we take a test and learn approach to deployment,” says Rory Kozoll, Trust and Security Products Manager at Tinder.
“We know that one of the most valuable things Tinder can do to make members feel safe is to give them more confidence that their matches are genuine and more control over who they interact with.”
Tinder said it will seek to identify the best document types for each country it works in, but also understands that some might not be willing to share official identity documents with an online platform.
Identity verification is nothing new to Tinder: the company rolled it out in Japan in 2019 and says it is building on that experience to guide it in expanding the program globally.
Tinder says identity verification will be available “in the next few quarters.”
Written by Chris Hall. Originally published on .