It's about to get a whole lot harder for catfishers on Tinder. Starting today, new users in California will have to scan their faces while setting up their accounts to ensure that they're both real and that they match their profile photos.

Called Face Check, the new mandatory feature is the first step in a new initiative from Tinder's parent company Match Group, which says the goal is to help reduce "spam, scam attempts, or [bots] operating automated fake profiles." When signing up, users will need to complete a "liveness check," during which they'll take a video selfie from various angles. After that, the app will compare the selfie to profile pictures also uploaded during setup, and if it determines that they match, the user will get a "Photo Verified badge" and they'll be able to finis

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