Tinder’s parent company has expanded its background check feature to two more of its dating apps. Now, daters on Match Group’s namesake app and Stir, created for single parents, can run background checks on potential matches. The feature was unrolled earlier this year on Tinder, allowing users to screen dates through an integrated service. The checks are conducted by non-profit platform Garbo, which aims to prevent harm in the digital age by offering public information on a person’s violent or harmful behavior.
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Background Checks May Lower School Shootings: Study | Live Science
States that require background checks before people buy guns or ammunition may have a lower chance of having a school shooting, a new study finds.
Researchers found that over a three-year period, states that didn’t require background checks before purchases of guns or ammunition were more likely to have a school shooting than those states that did require them, according to the study.
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