Child safety standards
Dateworthy, operated by Pappas Productions LLC, is a dating app for adults 18 and older. We do not allow child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE) of any kind. This page covers who can use the app, what is banned, how to report it, and what we do when you do.
A child in danger right now? Call 911. You can also report to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s CyberTipline at report.cybertip.org or 1-800-843-5678.
Who can use Dateworthy
- Adults 18 and older, and nobody else.
- Everyone gives a birthdate when they sign up, and the app will not accept one that makes them under 18.
- Everyone confirms they are 18 or older, and agrees to the rules below, before they get in.
- We remove any account we believe belongs to someone under 18.
What is banned
- Any sexual content involving anyone under 18.
- Any attempt to contact, groom, sexualize or exploit a minor, and any request for or offer of that content.
- A photo with a child in it, unless the child’s face is blurred or covered.
Anything involving a minor is a permanent ban, with no warning first, and it goes to law enforcement. A banned account’s phone number and photo fingerprints are kept as hashes so the same person can’t sign straight back up.
How to report it
- In the app: Report is on every profile and in every chat. Choose Someone underage. It goes to the top of our queue, and the app shows you the CyberTipline at the same time.
- An intimate image of someone under 18 on Dateworthy: make a take-down request and tick the box that says someone in it is under 18. That puts it first in line.
- By email: dev@pappasproductions.com, with Child safety in the subject line.
- Outside the app: NCMEC’s CyberTipline at report.cybertip.org or 1-800-843-5678. If an image was taken when the person in it was under 18, NCMEC’s Take It Down can help get it off other sites too.
What we do
- A person on our team reads every report. Someone underage is our highest priority.
- We take the content down and ban the account permanently.
- We report apparent child sexual abuse material to NCMEC’s CyberTipline, as federal law requires (18 U.S.C. 2258A).
Child safety contact
Questions about these standards, including from law enforcement or a child-safety organization: dev@pappasproductions.com. Dateworthy is operated by Pappas Productions LLC, Texas.