Interlaced Social LLC, the parent company of Doublelist dating site, is a one-man-show operating illegally and in a criminal manner by someone with no regards for laws. The company lacks a management team and a legal department.
Interlaced Social LLC, the parent company of Doublelist dating site, is a one-man-show operating illegally and in a criminal manner by someone with no regards for laws. The company lacks a management team and a legal department.
Details of the numerous violations can be read here.
The company openly allows prostitution and harassment on its site in order to attract ads and subscription fees.
Interlaced Social, is able to illegally evade receipt of service of legal documents by concealing its actual physical address. The legal principal address provided by Doublelist and California Secretary of State's corporation registration, is 2261 Market Street #4626, San Francisco, CA 94114.
Below, is the picture of the company’s principal physical address, a mailbox company.
Below, is the picture of the company’s legal representative's address at 330 N. Brand Boulevard in Glendale, California. California Secretary of State's corporation registration does not provide a suite number for the company. A Google search of the company shows its address at 25 Robert Pitt Drive, Suite 204, New York, NY 10952. Further search shows that the company is registered in New York.
Without an actual physical address or agent's suite number, Interlaced Social and Doublelist cannot be served with any type of lawsuits whatsoever. Complaints have been filed with California Secretary of State to enforce the laws against this corrupt and unscrupulous company.
Interlaced Social and Doublelist, had attempted to evade service of the suit by not providing the correct address for service of documents as required by law.
Despite this blatant violation of law, Interlaced Social was served on January 11, 2024 for several causes of action such as Unfair Business Practices, Breach of Contract, Conspiracy, Fraud, Negligence, and Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress. Several injunctions are also being sought.
Doublelist’s Terms of Use are designed to rub users of their rights completely blindfolded. The site's users never know how they give up their legal and constitutional rights by clicking the accept button when they sign up for the use of the site.
The company completely removes any rights or abilities the users might have to hold the company liable for what happens on the site. Interlaced Social illegally absolves itself of all responsibility with impunity and as the result, turns a complete blind eye to what its users do.
The company does not even have an in-house attorney. Instead, it has a clause which forbids any lawsuits thus eliminating any need for legal representation. Doublelist terms mandate arbitration and prohibit civil suits with a jury. Even if a user does intend to pursue arbitration, not only the terms are very unambiguous and it is designed to trip the user, but as discussed earlier, there is no possibility to serve the legal documents on the company.
Interlaced Social discourages users from speaking up against other users in any shape or form. Doublelist does not want anyone rocking the boat especially as it does not have any personnel employed to deal with the hassle. It also does not wish for the numerous illegal activities to be brought into light. Company enjoys complaints about itself even less and reacts very harshly.
Doublelist’s Guidelines clearly warns users that if they keep complaining about other users, their account could get terminated as it does not have the means to investigate any claims of violations.
However, The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reached a conclusion in a 2007 decision, Douglas v. Talk America that a business must notify users about proposed changes to the Terms of Use and obtain their consent. Doublelist did not notify its users of its change of Terms of Use.
