The Jurisprudence and Legal Analysis of Civil Liability of Matchmaking Platforms based on Artificial Intelligence (AI): By studying the Legal System Approaches of European Union and the United States

Document Type : Original/ Research Article

Authors
seyed ali mirlohi 1
sedigheh mahdavi kani 2
1 PhD student in Jurisprudence and Private Law, Law Department, Faculty of Jurisprudence and Law, Shahid Motahari University and Higher School, Tehran, Iran.
2 Associate Professor, Department of Jurisprudence and Islamic Law, Women’s Campus, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran
10.30497/flj.2026.248665.2231
Abstract
The main objective of this research is to explain and design a comprehensive framework for the civil liability of matchmaking platforms based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and with concentration on vacuums that caused by black box algorithm and showing the way to the restitution of the users. This research is done by descriptive-analytical approach and by using the library resources. The research findings show that despite the traditional approaches that know this platform as an intermediate, the findings of research show that in Imami jurisprudence, focusing on rules such as guarantee, attribution, deception, and waste, as well as in Iranian law. The comparative study also indicates that the risk-based and protection-oriented approach of the European Union, due to its alignment with the principles of justice in Iranian jurisprudence and law, is more adaptable to the legal needs of Iranian society. Innovation of research proves the present mechanisms of electronic trade law is inadequate to covering the algorithmic errors and should be accepted “the right on explain” and “audit algorithm” such former obligations to obtaining the civil liability in precedent   the responsibility of the operators of these platforms can be considered both fault-based and strict liability in nature in proving of these mechanism 
Keywords
Artificial Intelligence
online matchmaking
civil liability
coercive guarantee
causation rule
deception rule
technology law
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