To: The Washington State House, The Washington State Senate, Governor Jay Inslee, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Dating sites are not secured.
My Grandson met a girl on PlentyOfFish and she set him up to be robbed and murdered. He went to me her and never returned. These sites need to be monitored for criminal activities. People are setting up people to be robbed and my grandson was murdered.
Why is this important?
My grandson was murdered by someone that he met on a dating site. Dating sites need to be secured. He was only 22, just a kid and he met this girl that he thought was a nice girl. He went to meet her and Lords only know what he was confronted by. He never returned. His remains have not been found. Not only that, other people have been murdered and robbed by going to met people out there. It has been in the news several times for this in all states. They are well known for this type of criminal activity on their site. However, nothing has been done about this. The owners of these should add security application to monitor and make sure criminal activities are not occurring on their site, such as, make sure of addresses, phone numbers, and to include pictures identification to be used to sign up on these dating sites. The owners and the investors can add all types of technical protocol to the site as well as post notices of the dangers to be aware of with a warning blurb. A statement of the facts to educate the public and notices of how to obtain knowledge of the person they are communicating with out there. If a person ends up missing after going on dates out there it can be easily traced back to the person/s that they were communicating with. Implement policies and procedures for verification of identification and not be able to use fraudulent names such as with signing up for Facebook. If a person ends up missing or murdered it can be traced easily. There is no warning for people to be aware of this type of activity that is going on before signing up for these sites. People are losing their lives and it has been in the news many times. Yet nothing has been changed to help to prevent criminals from continuing to use these sites to set up people. Also, people have to sign and agree to these policies to be on their sites. Because if this is proof that a person was murdered for using these site that company is liable to be sued.