Tinder to Make ID Verification Available to All

The announcement was made in a press release on Tinder’s Newsroom blog, where it revealed the feature and said it will be arriving “in the coming quarters.” According to TechCrunch, ID verification allows users to verify identities by uploading documentation like a driver’s license or passport.

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Tinder uses ID verification to cross-reference user data with sex offender registries, if that information is accessible. According to the app’s terms of use, users cannot have been convicted or “pled no contest to a felony [or] sex crime]…” and be registered as a sex offender.

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