Mixi bans users from dating
J-Cast/Asiajin reports that Mixi, Japan’s largest social networking site, has banned its users from dating:
Mixi changed their terms of policy on December 1st, in accordance with the “Dating site regulation act”. They are now prohibiting users from “using Mixi mainly to meet with strangers of the other sex”.
Recently, Mixi has deleted many groups which hold group dating or offline meetings.
Mixi issued the ban because not doing so could have prompted authorities to take action against it as a “dangerous” place where predators can pick up minors (users as young as 15-years-old can register profiles on the site).
As Joe has pointed out over at JapanSoc, the ban only applies to meeting members of the opposite sex, so same-sex relationships seem to be okay. Maybe somebody should set up a gay dating group to see how Mixi’s admins will react?
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