Bumble Introduces ID Verification To Make Online Dating Safer

Bumble is doubling down on safety tools, including a feature that verifies a user's identification, as a way to enhance trust and drive user growth. The new optional ID verification will add special badges to the profiles of users who've confirmed their identity via government-issued ID cards. The platform previously had a verification tool that allowed users to take a selfie to confirm their identity, but this takes it to the next level. The tool is available in 11 countries, including the US, UK, Canada and Australia. It comes at a time when other social networks are grappling with age verification, including whether to require minors to provide official government IDs as proof of age. At the same time, Bumble is looking to boost its user growth, following dips in quarterly revenue for the second half of last year. The company also gave a lower than expected first quarter forecast last month. The new verification tool also serves as another way for the platform to cut down on issue ... Read full article.