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Title: Tinder To Require Facial Recognition Check For New Users In California

Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/07/01/21122...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Axios: Tinder is mandating new users
in California verify their profiles using facial recognition technology
starting Monday, executives exclusively tell Axios. The move aims to reduce
impersonation and is part of Tinder parent Match Group's broader effort to
improve trust and safety amid ongoing user frustration. The Face Check
feature prompts users to take a short video selfie during onboarding. The
biometric face scan, powered by FaceTec, then confirms the person is real and
present and whether their face matches their profile photos. It also checks
if the face is used across multiple accounts. If the criteria are met, the
user receives a photo verified badge on their profile. The selfie video is
then deleted. Tinder stores a non-reversible, encrypted face map to detect
duplicate profiles in the future. Face Check is separate from Tinder's ID
Check, which uses a government-issued ID to verify age and identity. "We see
this as one part of a set of identity assurance options that are available to
users," Match Group's head of trust and safety Yoel Roth says. "Face Check
... is really meant to be about confirming that this person is a real, live
person and not a bot or a spoofed account." "Even if in the short term, it
has the effect of potentially reducing some top-line user metrics, we think
it's the right thing to do for the business," Rascoff said.

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