Plenty of Fish

What it is

Plenty of Fish is a dating service for adults. Profiles, matches, and private messages are the whole product. There is no children’s use of it.

If you find it, remove it. If an adult has their photos or has asked to meet, use the help page.

What to look out for

• A dating profile using their pictures.
• Chats continued on another app.
• A plan to meet someone from the app.
• An account signed up with an age that is not theirs.

Ways to stay safe

These steps are for Plenty of Fish. The house rules still apply on every app.

• Remove the app. If a young child uses the device, keep the app-store password yourself so it cannot be quietly reinstalled.
• Do not message anyone on the account, and do not pretend to be your child.
• If an adult has asked for photos, offered money, or tried to meet, contact the police and a child-protection report line. The help page lists them.
• Write down usernames you can see. Do not delete the conversation if police may need to see it, and do not copy or forward sexual images.

In the news

Published reports you can read yourself. A headline is the proof, not a set of instructions, and this page does not repeat graphic detail.

• Dating apps told to stop under-18s after child abuse cases linked to Grindr The i Paper · 2025 This i Paper report names Grindr and Tinder. This app is the same kind of adult dating product. It stays off a child’s device.
• Overhaul algorithms and age checks or face fines, tech firms told BBC News · 2025 Ofcom’s children’s code says sites with pornography or harmful content must use stronger age checks. The i Paper report is the one that names dating apps.

A way to start the conversation

You can say: "This app is built for adults. I am not angry that I found it. I need it off the phone, and I need to know if anyone has asked you for photos, money, or a meeting."

Then stop and listen. If the answer is yes, go to the help page rather than trying to investigate the other person yourself.

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