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DontDateHimGirl.com is a global online public forum where women can anonymously discuss and share their bad dating experiences with the world. The website, inspired by a conversation between close friends, is designed to give women a free online method to find out if the man they're dating is a cheater.[1] Membership to the site is offered to anyone with a functioning email address; the website passively accepts postings from members and publishes them without review. As of September 2006, the site listed profiles of over 15,000 men and receives up to a quarter of a million hits a day. The site is owned by Tasha Joseph; a companion site, DontDateHerMan.com is planned for the future.[2]

About DontDateHimGirl.com and Tasha Cunningham

The website's terms of use include clauses that inform users of the service they are solely responsible for their posts and they are forbidden to post inaccurate or defamatory information.[3] Members are able to anonymously post the name, photograph and a brief profile of a man they have dated using the link "Add a Post". Tasha has called the site a "dating credit report" for women as there are postings authored by women who've had good dating experiences with a man and those women who say they have not had a good experience. Website users interviewed for an article in the New York Times found the website helpful and a welcome way to double-check the truthfulness of online dating profiles. [2]

When interviewed, Tasha has stated that the site does not attempt to contact any of the men who are discussed on the site and that she feels no responsibility to ensure the veracity of the sites content. [4] Men can atuomatically rebut postings made about them by logging on to the site and creating a username to post their comments.

Tasha Cunningham, a former columnist for the Miami Herald newspaper, created www.DontDateHimGirl.com in 2005. The website, a powerful online forum where men and women share their community-generated knowledge with one another through video, live chat or user-generated postings, has quickly become one of the most trafficked women’s websites on the Internet with over 1 million subscribers. The site encourages women to make smarter dating decisions. With the slogan, Don’t Date Him Girl Until You’ve Checked Him Out First, the site has become a go-to resource for millions of women around the world.

In 2007, Cunningham created The DDHG Empowers Foundation, a national, multi-issue women's fund dedicated to investing in the futures of women and girls, helping them develop their voices, skills and talents. The fund focuses on programs and initiatives that empower women in all areas of their lives.

No stranger to giving back, Cunningham has been honored by both former presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush for creating The Embrace-A-Child Project in 1991, a program that helped disadvantaged youth in Broward County, Florida by pairing them with high school students in a mentorship capacity.

Cunningham has written for many publications including the Miami Herald, Black Entertainment Television and the BlackEnterprise.com. She's a current contributor to a number of websites including DivineCaroline.com. Cunningham is a Sustaining Member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and sits on the Advisory Board of the Russell Life Skills Foundation, headed by former Miami Dolphin player Twan Russell. The foundation promotes children's literacy.

On April 5, 2007, Judge R. Stanton Wettick of Pennsylvania, dismissed DontDateHimGirl.com from a case brought by Todd Hollis, a Pennsylvania attorney, due to lack of jurisdiction. Since the site is located in Florida the judge concluded that a Pennsylvania court would have no jurisdiction over the site. Hollis of Pittsburgh filed the suit against the website owner as well as two alleged posters and five unidentified women for accusations from alleged former girlfriends. The material posted about Todd included claims that he had herpes and was gay.

In addition, the poster of the information about Mr. Hollis, Merritt Lattimore Dallas, is standing by the posting she made about him on DontDateHimGirl.com.

Tasha and her legal team assert that her site is protected by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which states that providers of interactive computer services are not to be considered publishers.[4] They also assert that both the Courts and Congress have established a broad scope of protections for website operators.[5]

References

  1. ^ Olbermann, Keith (Sept 30, 2005). "Cheating men caught online". MSNBC. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ a b Alvarez, Lizette (February 16, 2006). "(Name Here) Is a Liar and a Cheat". New York Times.
  3. ^ "Terms of Use". DontDateHimGirl.com. 2005.
  4. ^ a b Meinzer, Melissa (September 7, 2006). "Web of Betrayal". Pittsburgh City Paper.
  5. ^ Jones, Carl (July 5, 2006). "Scorned Attorney Sues Kiss-and-Tell Web Site". Daily Business Review.

http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-lawsuit-dismissed-against-popular-social-networking-site-/2007/04/10/2472321.htm

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