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The Online Laws of Love - 6/7/2006 3:17:44 AM

Chaingang

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"The Online Laws of Love"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/02/AR2006060201402.html

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Lawsuits against Internet dating sites for the false statements of other customers have mostly gone nowhere, in part because Congress basically immunized such Web sites with the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which says providers can't be held liable for the lies of third parties. That makes some sense. Why shoot the messenger? But a new crop of suits is being pressed by disgruntled customers angry not about false claims by third parties, but about false third parties allegedly created by the companies.

Match.com is defending a lawsuit over "date bait" -- the creation of fake flirty e-mails to keep paying customers from canceling their accounts. And Yahoo Personals is defending a class-action suit accusing it of creating phony profiles to "generate interest, public trust and give the site a much more attractive and functional appearance." Both companies deny any wrongdoing.

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RE: The Online Laws of Love - 6/7/2006 3:30:39 AM

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Heh heh. I think there's been a thread on this before. I regularly get junk mail telling me that just around the corner from me is a batch full of beautiful nubile 20 year olds willing to rip my clothes of and send me into the next world with a smile on my face from ear to ear. It's not a big leap to actually creating such profiles to keep registered customers using their plastic. Sort of reminds you of false profiles and complaints about players. Just another lesson in not taking the internet seriously nor anyone on the net until you have met them.

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