
L’App, a new dating platform designed specifically for lesbian women, has been set on a contentious path. Its founder, Jenny Watson, is planning to use facial recognition technology to prevent transgender women from creating accounts.
This facial recognition feature is engineered to analyze users’ unique attributes, such as bone structure, eyebrow placement, and nose formation, to distinguish cisgender women from trans women. Watson is confident in her technology’s abilities, claiming a 99% success rate.
The purpose of this unprecedented feature, according to Watson, is to satisfy the demand for a lesbian-exclusive dating platform. This technology aims to protect users from potential encounters with transgender men who may be mistakenly identified as women. It supposedly identifies such instances by tracking physical movements and examining thermal signatures.
It’s important to note that mainstream dating applications often incorporate an inclusive approach towards the transgender community, a stark contrast to Watson’s exclusive strategy.