Huh. This is an interesting conflict.

On the one hand, there didn’t used to be restrictions on dating spaces. Clubs don’t have background checks, bars don’t etc. Dating apps are online analogs, in many ways.

Ubiquitous criminal checks can punish and further alienate from society someone who has done their time and is trying to reintegrate.

On the other hand… safety. How many harmed daters are an acceptable number? What is the freedom of a few ex cons worth against the safety of others? Does the answer change, when we drop the “ex cons:” What is the freedom of a few worth against the safety of others? If the answer does change, why? Is that right?