{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "datasetId": "https://www.matchframe.me/guide/ai-dating-photos-authenticity#dating-app-ai-photo-policy-dataset",
  "name": "Dating app AI-photo policy matrix: eight apps",
  "version": "2026-10-11",
  "publishedOn": "2026-10-11",
  "lastChecked": "2026-10-11",
  "scope": "A dated synthesis of public first-party rules about AI-generated or AI-enhanced profile photos, identity verification and other people's likenesses. It is not legal advice, a moderation guarantee, a ranking rule or evidence about dating outcomes.",
  "methodology": "Manual review of the listed official public policy and help pages. Matchframe did not interview an app representative, run a moderation experiment, upload generated profiles or test ranking.",
  "isAccessibleForFree": true,
  "suggestedCitation": "Matchframe (2026), Dating app AI-photo policy matrix: eight apps, version 2026-10-11, https://www.matchframe.me/guide/ai-dating-photos-authenticity#dating-app-ai-photo-policy-matrix",
  "landingPage": "https://www.matchframe.me/guide/ai-dating-photos-authenticity",
  "summary": {
    "appsReviewed": 8,
    "appsWithExplicitAiOrGeneratedContentWording": [
      "Tinder",
      "Hinge",
      "Bumble",
      "happn",
      "Coffee Meets Bagel"
    ],
    "appsWithoutAiSpecificWordingOnCitedPages": [
      "OkCupid",
      "Feeld",
      "Badoo"
    ],
    "finding": "Across the eight official-source sets checked on 11 October 2026, five use explicit AI or generated-content wording. Three rely on broader recognition, catfishing, editing or authenticity rules on the cited pages. This is a source classification, not a universal permission rule or an enforcement forecast."
  },
  "apps": [
    {
      "app": "Tinder",
      "aiContentBoundary": "Members are responsible for AI-generated or AI-enhanced content and its accuracy.",
      "verificationBoundary": "Face Check asks for a live video selfie that is not digitally altered or manipulated and compares it with profile photos. Verification does not validate every contextual claim in a photo.",
      "otherPeopleBoundary": "Tinder's Community Guidelines say not to post another person's image without consent.",
      "officialSourceUrls": [
        "https://policies.tinder.com/terms/intl/en/",
        "https://policies.tinder.com/faq-mandatory-liveness-check/intl/en/",
        "https://policies.tinder.com/community-guidelines/intl/en-gb/"
      ],
      "importantLimit": "The public pages do not provide blanket approval for every generated photo or disclose an engagement-ranking formula."
    },
    {
      "app": "Hinge",
      "aiContentBoundary": "Hinge prohibits fake identities and AI-generated content used to mislead others.",
      "verificationBoundary": "Selfie Verification is an identity-comparison process; it does not prove that an implied trip, possession, activity or relationship is truthful.",
      "otherPeopleBoundary": "Hinge prohibits posting someone else's likeness without permission.",
      "officialSourceUrls": [
        "https://help.hinge.co/hc/en-us/articles/42464295207187-Prohibited-Content-Behavior",
        "https://help.hinge.co/hc/en-us/articles/10303221435539-What-is-Selfie-Verification"
      ],
      "importantLimit": "The public pages do not promise moderation acceptance, distribution or dating outcomes for a particular generated image."
    },
    {
      "app": "Bumble",
      "aiContentBoundary": "Bumble prohibits artificially generated or enhanced photos used to deceive and photos distorted so heavily that the member cannot clearly be identified.",
      "verificationBoundary": "Photo Verification uses automated and human comparison; availability or requirements can vary by market and safety trigger.",
      "otherPeopleBoundary": "This matrix records Bumble's requirement for at least one clear solo full-face profile photo; it does not infer a separate consent rule that is not stated in the cited pages.",
      "officialSourceUrls": [
        "https://bumble.com/guidelines/inauthentic-profiles",
        "https://bumble.com/en/guidelines/",
        "https://support.bumble.com/hc/en-us/articles/28949738572829-Verifying-your-photos"
      ],
      "importantLimit": "The public pages do not publish a universal AI-photo approval, ranking rule or individual outcome guarantee."
    },
    {
      "app": "happn",
      "aiContentBoundary": "happn's Trust Charter says members should share authentic, unedited photos and that heavy AI modifications, deepfakes or purely AI-generated portraits go against the transparency expected by its community.",
      "verificationBoundary": "happn encourages its Profile Certification video process. Certification is an identity signal, not permission for a photo that conflicts with the Trust Charter.",
      "otherPeopleBoundary": "This matrix records happn's authenticity boundary only; the cited pages do not establish a complete rule for every image containing another person.",
      "officialSourceUrls": [
        "https://www.happn.com/legal/trust-charter",
        "https://www.happn.com/press/happn-takes-a-stand-for-authentic-dating-by-eliminating-ai-generated-profiles"
      ],
      "importantLimit": "This is a happn-specific public boundary. It does not prove how an individual image will be moderated or establish the rules of another dating app."
    },
    {
      "app": "OkCupid",
      "aiContentBoundary": "The cited OkCupid pages do not publish an AI-photo-specific rule. They require the main photo to be recognisably you and prohibit manipulated main photos when filters or editing make you unrecognisable.",
      "verificationBoundary": "The cited photo and community rules describe recognition, fake-account and moderation boundaries; they do not document a general identity-verification process for every profile.",
      "otherPeopleBoundary": "OkCupid says images posted without permission are not allowed and may be removed.",
      "officialSourceUrls": [
        "https://okcupid-app.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/22771802205339-Photo-rules",
        "https://okcupid-app.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/22771537322011-Community-Guidelines"
      ],
      "importantLimit": "Absence of AI-specific wording is not blanket approval. OkCupid may remove content or accounts under its broader photo, authenticity and community rules."
    },
    {
      "app": "Coffee Meets Bagel",
      "aiContentBoundary": "Coffee Meets Bagel says profile photos must reflect the member's real, unaltered appearance and prohibits AI-generated, altered or deepfake images used to represent the member.",
      "verificationBoundary": "Its Profile Verification FAQ describes a selfie liveness check that compares the member's face with the main profile photo. A changed photo that no longer looks like the member can remove the badge until re-verification.",
      "otherPeopleBoundary": "Coffee Meets Bagel says members should use pictures they own and that uploading another person's face can cause a photo to be hidden or removed.",
      "officialSourceUrls": [
        "https://coffeemeetsbagel.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016483874-Coffee-Meets-Bagel-Community-Guidelines",
        "https://coffeemeetsbagel.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/44567276423955-Profile-Verification-FAQ"
      ],
      "importantLimit": "The explicit rule is app-specific. Verification is an identity signal, not a ranking disclosure, moderation guarantee or evidence of dating outcomes."
    },
    {
      "app": "Feeld",
      "aiContentBoundary": "The cited Feeld pages do not publish an AI-photo-specific rule. They prohibit catfishing and photos of people who are not the member, and recommend recent photos of the member.",
      "verificationBoundary": "Feeld's optional photo verification compares a live selfie with one public profile photo and says it only confirms that the profile photo represents the member.",
      "otherPeopleBoundary": "Feeld permits photos with other adults only when those people consent and prohibits photos of other people when the member is not present.",
      "officialSourceUrls": [
        "https://support.feeld.co/hc/en-gb/articles/9406756498204-Image-guidelines-for-your-profile",
        "https://support.feeld.co/hc/en-gb/articles/17015023391260-Verify-a-profile-photo-so-members-know-you-re-real"
      ],
      "importantLimit": "Absence of AI-specific wording is not blanket approval. Feeld can remove content under its broader image and authenticity rules."
    },
    {
      "app": "Badoo",
      "aiContentBoundary": "The cited Badoo pages do not publish an AI-photo-specific rule. Its photo guidance says photos should show who the member really is and advises against heavy filters or overly edited pictures.",
      "verificationBoundary": "Badoo says Photo Verification combines automated and human review to compare a live gesture selfie with profile photos.",
      "otherPeopleBoundary": "This matrix records Badoo's solo-face verification and fake-profile boundaries; the cited pages do not establish a complete consent rule for every group photo.",
      "officialSourceUrls": [
        "https://support.badoo.com/hc/en-us/articles/33249528564509-Uploading-profile-photos",
        "https://support.badoo.com/hc/en-us/articles/32092868608541-Verifying-your-photos"
      ],
      "importantLimit": "Advice against heavy editing and a verification process are not a published blanket AI rule, ranking disclosure or moderation guarantee."
    }
  ]
}