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  <title>AppealMyBan</title>
  <subtitle>Notes from the filings: what we learn appealing dating-app bans.</subtitle>
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  <updated>2026-10-09T09:00:00Z</updated>
  <author><name>AppealMyBan</name></author>
  <entry>
    <title>Tinder Shadowban: How to Tell If You Have One (And What Helps)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-shadowban/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-shadowban/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-09T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Zero matches, likes that vanish, no ban screen. Diagnose a shadowban by signal, not vibes - and skip the fake cures.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Banned From Hinge for No Reason in 2026: What Changed</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/hinge-banned-for-no-reason-2026/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/hinge-banned-for-no-reason-2026/</id>
    <published>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Face Check, warnings, age checks and new written rules: what changed at Hinge in 2026 behind bans with no reason given, each dated from Hinge's own pages.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Wrongly Banned From Hinge? What to Prove and How (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/wrongly-banned-from-hinge/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/wrongly-banned-from-hinge/</id>
    <published>2026-10-04T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Hinge reversed 31,251 of 86,650 account appeals in 2025. What counts as proof for a false report, an automated misread, a shared ban or copied photos.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Why Hinge Bans People: What Hinge Tells the EU (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/why-hinge-bans-people/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/why-hinge-bans-people/</id>
    <published>2026-10-04T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Hinge told the EU it ended 633,534 accounts in 2025: 60.7% for scams and fraud, 70% by automation alone. What each ground covers and what to do with yours.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Tinder Unblocked? Network, Country, Age or Ban (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-unblocked/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-unblocked/</id>
    <published>2026-10-04T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Tinder blocked on Wi-Fi, in a country, at sign-up or on your account? Tinder's own pages say which of five blocks is which, and which Tinder can lift.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Tinder Suspicious Activity: Photo Check, Hack or Ban (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-suspicious-activity/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-suspicious-activity/</id>
    <published>2026-10-04T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Tinder's help pages use unusual activity for Photo Check and suspicious activity for hacked accounts. 94.1% of its 2025 EU terminations were scams and fraud.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Banned From Tinder After Buying Gold Through a VPN? (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-gold-vpn-ban/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-gold-vpn-ban/</id>
    <published>2026-10-04T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Tinder's Terms say pricing varies by region and that it can bar a transaction or end an account. They never name a VPN. What is documented, and what is not.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Plenty of Fish Blocked: Member Block or POF Ban? (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/plenty-of-fish-blocked/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/plenty-of-fish-blocked/</id>
    <published>2026-10-04T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Plenty of Fish says blocking is member to member and a ban removes the profile and closes the account. What each looks like, and what POF reports for 2025.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Hinge Account Deleted? Deleted, Banned or Logged Out (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/hinge-account-deleted/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/hinge-account-deleted/</id>
    <published>2026-10-04T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Your Hinge account is gone: did you delete it, did Hinge ban it, did it close after two years idle, or are you on another login? Each, in Hinge's own words.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Can You Get Around a Hinge Ban? What Hinge Checks (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/get-around-a-hinge-ban/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/get-around-a-hinge-ban/</id>
    <published>2026-10-04T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Hinge's help centre says a banned member cannot make a new account. What its Face Check, Terms and Privacy Policy say it compares, keeps and shares.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Five Match Group Brands Stopped Filing Account Bans (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/five-match-group-brands-stopped-filing-account-bans/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/five-match-group-brands-stopped-filing-account-bans/</id>
    <published>2026-10-04T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, Meetic and Plenty of Fish have no account-level statement in the EU database after 16 April 2026. Bumble and Badoo still file them.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Facebook Dating Shadowban, Disabled or Blocked (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/facebook-dating-shadowban/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/facebook-dating-shadowban/</id>
    <published>2026-10-04T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Meta uses no word shadowban for Dating. It documents ranking, integrity measures, three reasons for losing access and two blocks. What each looks like.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Do Dating App Ban Appeals Work? What Is Documented (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/do-dating-app-ban-appeals-work/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/do-dating-app-ban-appeals-work/</id>
    <published>2026-10-04T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Six dating apps reversed 139,130 account-ban appeals in 2025, and a regulator's case study documents a Tinder ban lifted. Every figure and case sourced.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Banned Straight After Signing Up? The 4 Reasons (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/banned-straight-after-signing-up/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/banned-straight-after-signing-up/</id>
    <published>2026-10-04T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Tinder, Hinge and Bumble name four things that can end a new account within minutes: an earlier ban, the same face, an age check, fraud signals. What each says.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Tinder Ban Older Than 6 Months: What Is Still Open (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-ban-older-than-six-months/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-ban-older-than-six-months/</id>
    <published>2026-10-03T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Tinder's Appeals Center closes six months after a ban. What stays open: an EU dispute body for about a year, and an access request with no expiry.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to Get Unbanned From Bumble: The Appeal and the Odds</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/how-to-get-unbanned-from-bumble/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/how-to-get-unbanned-from-bumble/</id>
    <published>2026-10-03T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Bumble gives you six months to appeal. On its own 2025 figures it reversed 9.2% of account appeals, at a median of 4 hours. What the form is and what moves it.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Grindr Device Ban: Does Grindr Ban Your Phone? (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/grindr-device-ban/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/grindr-device-ban/</id>
    <published>2026-10-03T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Grindr's own 2025 EU report names account termination at the device level for the most serious violations. What it keeps against a banned phone, and the appeal.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Email or Phone Number to Appeal a Dating App Ban? (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/email-or-phone-number-to-appeal-a-dating-app-ban/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/email-or-phone-number-to-appeal-a-dating-app-ban/</id>
    <published>2026-10-03T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>No phone number and, for most apps, no email: six apps each name one form or button. The table of routes, the 2025 reversal rates, and the addresses that exist.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Banned From Tinder for Being Fake When It Really Is You</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-banned-for-being-fake/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-banned-for-being-fake/</id>
    <published>2026-09-30T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Banned from Tinder for being fake when it is really you: why reports and face matching do it, where your proof goes, and what AppealMyBan files in your name.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Banned From Hinge for Impersonation When It's Really You</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/hinge-banned-for-impersonation/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/hinge-banned-for-impersonation/</id>
    <published>2026-09-30T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Banned from Hinge for impersonation when it is really you: user reports trigger it, a live selfie or ID answers it. What to write and what AppealMyBan files.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bumble Blocked Me for Being Fake: Proving It Is Really You</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/bumble-blocked-reported-as-fake/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/bumble-blocked-reported-as-fake/</id>
    <published>2026-09-30T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Bumble blocks real people as fakes after several member reports. How to prove it is you, the order to file in, and what AppealMyBan files, from $149.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Banned From Dating Apps for Being Famous: What to File</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/banned-from-dating-apps-for-being-famous/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/banned-from-dating-apps-for-being-famous/</id>
    <published>2026-09-30T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Tinder, Hinge and Bumble ban famous people as fakes on other users' reports. Why it spreads across Match Group, and what we file for you or your manager.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to Get Around a Dating App Ban: Every Workaround Answered (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/how-to-get-around-a-dating-app-ban/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/how-to-get-around-a-dating-app-ban/</id>
    <published>2026-09-23T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Every workaround people try after a Tinder, Hinge, Bumble or Grindr ban, answered from the apps' own terms: new numbers, VPNs, bought accounts, and what works.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>I’ve had several Tinder accounts over the years, no ban notice, but my new account gets no matches after photo verification. Is there a company that can help, and what does it cost?</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/several-tinder-accounts-no-matches-after-photo-verification/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/several-tinder-accounts-no-matches-after-photo-verification/</id>
    <published>2026-09-17T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>No ban notice means nothing in front of you to appeal yet. Tinder compares your face with other accounts. The access request, its cost, and what it shows.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How do I get my data from Tinder when I'm banned, and how long does it take?</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/get-my-data-from-tinder-after-a-ban/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/get-my-data-from-tinder-after-a-ban/</id>
    <published>2026-09-28T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Banned users can request their Tinder data through Download My Data, or the privacy form if login fails. One month in the EU and UK, 45 days in California.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Hinge Appeal Denied? What It Means and What Is Still Open</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/hinge-appeal-denied/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/hinge-appeal-denied/</id>
    <published>2026-09-27T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A denied Hinge appeal closes one queue. The Match Group escalation desk, Hinge's data office, EU dispute bodies and regulators remain, and we file each for you.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Banned From Hinge Forever? Is a Hinge Ban Permanent?</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/banned-from-hinge-forever/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/banned-from-hinge-forever/</id>
    <published>2026-09-27T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A Hinge ban has no end date, yet Hinge reversed 31,251 bans in 2025. What permanent means, which windows are still open, and what we file for you.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Banned From Hinge for Ghosting? What the Rules Really Say</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/banned-from-hinge-for-ghosting/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/banned-from-hinge-for-ghosting/</id>
    <published>2026-09-27T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Hinge has no rule against ghosting. A report from the match you went quiet on is what ends accounts. What the rules say, and the appeal we file for you.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Hinge banned me and I paid through Apple two weeks ago. Who can help me appeal and get the money back?</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/hinge-banned-paid-through-apple-appeal-and-refund/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/hinge-banned-paid-through-apple-appeal-and-refund/</id>
    <published>2026-09-17T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Two fights, two clocks. The Hinge appeal nobody can send for you, the Apple refund route, and why a chargeback can cost you the account and your Apple ID.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>I live in Germany and Tinder banned me. Is there an EU dispute body I can use, and can someone file it for me?</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/germany-tinder-ban-eu-dispute-body/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/germany-tinder-ban-eu-dispute-body/</id>
    <published>2026-09-17T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Platform Control is named for Tinder in the EU register: free, one year to file, German or English, and its rules let an authorised representative act for you.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Can Ofcom Help With a Dating App Ban? The Honest Answer</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/ofcom-dating-app-ban/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/ofcom-dating-app-ban/</id>
    <published>2026-09-17T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Ofcom says it will not look at your ban. Section 72 of the Online Safety Act makes every dating app tell UK users they can sue if a ban breaks its terms.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Best Tinder ban appeal service 2026</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/best-tinder-ban-appeal-service-2026/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/best-tinder-ban-appeal-service-2026/</id>
    <published>2026-09-17T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Written by one of the vendors. The four models, the seven-question test to run on any of them, the published reversal rates, and where we are the wrong answer.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>I got banned from Tinder with no reason given and my appeal was rejected. Which services can I pay to handle this for me, and what do they charge?</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/banned-from-tinder-appeal-rejected-who-can-i-pay/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/banned-from-tinder-appeal-rejected-who-can-i-pay/</id>
    <published>2026-09-17T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The four business models in this market and what each charges, what is still open after a rejected Tinder appeal, and when you should not pay anybody at all.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Tinder or Hinge Says You Are Under 18 and You Are Not: What to Do</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-says-underage-adult-banned/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-says-underage-adult-banned/</id>
    <published>2026-09-16T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Flagged as under 18 on Tinder or Hinge as an adult? The check is a machine estimate. A driving licence or passport lifts it. The order to do it in.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Tinder Appeals Center: How to Appeal a Tinder Ban (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-appeals-center/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-appeals-center/</id>
    <published>2026-09-16T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A case card, a Begin appeal button, once per violation, inside six months. Where the Appeals Center lives, and what to do when the button is missing.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Tinder Photo Verification or Account Under Review: How Long?</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-account-under-review-how-long/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-account-under-review-how-long/</id>
    <published>2026-09-16T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Under review is a hold, not a ban. Tinder says a few minutes for Photo Verification and a few hours for an ID age check, and gives no time for a report review.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Reported by an Ex on Tinder or Hinge? What a False Report Does</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/reported-by-an-ex-dating-app-ban/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/reported-by-an-ex-dating-app-ban/</id>
    <published>2026-09-16T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>One report can end an account, and 83 per cent of Match Group's 2025 EU bans were automatic. What evidence a reviewer can act on, and the routes above.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Your Account Has Been Deleted on Plenty of Fish: What It Means (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/plenty-of-fish-account-deleted/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/plenty-of-fish-account-deleted/</id>
    <published>2026-09-16T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Plenty of Fish shows the word deleted, not a ban screen. How to tell an enforcement deletion from the other two kinds, and what still works for each.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How Long Does an OkCupid Ban Last, and How Do You Appeal? (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/okcupid-ban-appeal/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/okcupid-ban-appeal/</id>
    <published>2026-09-16T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>An OkCupid ban has no end date. One appeal on Match Group's shared form inside six months, the desk above it, the money windows, and the EU referee.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Match.com Account Suspended or Banned: Appeal, Money, Sibling Apps</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/match-com-account-suspended/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/match-com-account-suspended/</id>
    <published>2026-09-16T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Match sells the half-year up front, so a suspension costs more here. What a suspension is, the form that appeals it, and the refund windows that survive.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Hinge Let's Try Verifying Again: What Each Message Means</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/hinge-selfie-verification-keeps-failing/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/hinge-selfie-verification-keeps-failing/</id>
    <published>2026-09-16T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Let's try verifying again. We couldn't detect your face. Something went wrong. What each Hinge message means, and how to tell a loop from a real ban.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Can You Get Unbanned From Hinge? The Appeal, the Clocks, the Desk Above It</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/hinge-ban-appeal/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/hinge-ban-appeal/</id>
    <published>2026-09-16T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Hinge's appeal is a box on the ban screen, and email appeals are not processed. What it asks, every clock that applies, and the desk above the form.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How Long Does a Grindr Ban Appeal Take? The Form, the Wait, Device Bans</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/grindr-ban-appeal/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/grindr-ban-appeal/</id>
    <published>2026-09-16T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Grindr's appeal is a 1,000-character form behind the banned login, with no deadline and a median 281-hour wait in 2025. What to send, and what not to do.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What the EU's DSA Transparency Database Shows About Dating-App Bans</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/dating-app-bans-dsa-transparency-database/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/dating-app-bans-dsa-transparency-database/</id>
    <published>2026-09-16T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>For 2025 the EU database holds 59,187 account-level statements from Tinder against 2,169,598 terminations in its own report. What it shows, and what it cannot.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bumble Blocked Your Account: The Appeal, the Money, the Referee</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/bumble-account-blocked-appeal/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/bumble-account-blocked-appeal/</id>
    <published>2026-09-16T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The block screen, the reports notice and the six-month appeal window are all in Bumble's own documents. The route in order, and the refunds that survive.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Banned from Tinder While Travelling: Why It Happens and How to Appeal</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/banned-from-tinder-while-travelling/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/banned-from-tinder-while-travelling/</id>
    <published>2026-09-16T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Banned from Tinder after a flight, a VPN or a new SIM? Tinder publishes no travel rule; its fraud systems read the pattern. What the appeal must show.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Banned from Tinder and Hinge the Same Day? How the Ban Spreads</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/banned-from-tinder-and-hinge-same-day/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/banned-from-tinder-and-hinge-same-day/</id>
    <published>2026-09-16T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Tinder and Hinge are one company, and Tinder's terms allow a ban across the sister apps. How it spreads, when it does not, and what to appeal first.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Feeld Banned Me: Why It Happens and How the Appeal Works</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/banned-from-feeld/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/banned-from-feeld/</id>
    <published>2026-09-16T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Feeld's Terms let it ban accounts automatically once reports pile up. Why Feeld gives no reason, how the appeal works, what to send, and who files it.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Banned for an OnlyFans Link or Sex Work: What the Rules Actually Say</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/banned-for-onlyfans-link-or-sex-work/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/banned-for-onlyfans-link-or-sex-work/</id>
    <published>2026-09-16T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Tinder, Hinge and Bumble ban the advert, not the job. The exact rule wording from each, how a link gets found, and what an appeal can honestly change.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Tinder Photo Verification and Account Linking: What Photo Check Does to a Second Account</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-verification-account-linking/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-verification-account-linking/</id>
    <published>2026-09-15T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Tinder says it compares your FaceVector against every other account. What that links, how long it lasts, and what an access request can show you.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Not Sure You Were Banned? Ban, Challenge, Glitch or Shadowban, and What to Do</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/not-sure-if-banned/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/not-sure-if-banned/</id>
    <published>2026-09-15T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A ban screen, a selfie request, a logout with no message, matches that stopped, several accounts. What each one means, and what the wrong move costs.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Which Dating Apps Actually Reverse Bans? The Published Numbers</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/which-dating-apps-reverse-bans/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/which-dating-apps-reverse-bans/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>happn reversed 66% and Meetic 59.3% of account-ban complaints in the EU in 2025, Hinge 36%. Bumble, Badoo, Grindr and Hily publish too.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Reporting Someone Can Get You Banned: The Clause Nobody Reads</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/reported-someone-and-got-banned/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/reported-someone-and-got-banned/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Submitting a report judged unfounded is a listed prohibited action on eight major dating apps. What happens when you report, and when you are reported.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Platform Control: The German Referee That Hears Tinder and Hinge Bans</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/platform-control-eu-referee/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/platform-control-eu-referee/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A certified DSA Article 21 body that names Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid. Free to you, no in-app appeal required first, and a representative may act for you.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How Long Does a Dating App Keep Your Ban on File?</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/how-long-dating-apps-keep-ban-record/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/how-long-dating-apps-keep-ban-record/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Bumble keeps blocked-member details for up to fifteen years to stop you rejoining. Hinge sets no limit at all. Why deleting the account clears nothing.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bumble Shadowban: The 739,365 Accounts Bumble Restricted Without Telling Them</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/bumble-shadowban/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/bumble-shadowban/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Bumble limited visibility for roughly 739,365 EU accounts in 2025 while banning 315,710. The state appears nowhere in its Terms. What you can do about it.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Why Did Tinder Ban Me? How to Find the Real Reason (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/why-did-tinder-ban-me/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/why-did-tinder-ban-me/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Tinder's case card names the policy it says you broke, not who reported you or which message fired. The real ban reasons, ranked, and how to find yours.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What Gets You Banned on Dating Apps? The Complete List (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/what-gets-you-banned-on-dating-apps/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/what-gets-you-banned-on-dating-apps/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The complete, guideline-sourced list of what gets accounts banned on Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, OkCupid and Plenty of Fish, including the wrongful bans.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Tinder Appeal Denied? The Four Doors Still Open (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-appeal-denied/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/tinder-appeal-denied/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Tinder will not read a second appeal on the same violation. The four routes read outside its support queue: the group desk, the EU body, your file, the money.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The "New Phone, New Number" Reset Is Dying</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/reset-is-dying/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/reset-is-dying/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Device fingerprints, IP history, payment identifiers and face matching killed the classic ban reset - and using it forfeits the routes that still work.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Charged After Being Banned? How to Get Your Money Back</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/money-back-after-dating-app-ban/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/money-back-after-dating-app-ban/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Post-ban billing is the most winnable fight in this mess. The exact order: the store, the statutory windows, then the public record. Never a chargeback.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Match Group Escalation Desk Nobody Uses</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/match-group-escalation-desk/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/match-group-escalation-desk/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Match Group says a dedicated team of human reviewers reads appeals across Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, Plenty of Fish and Match. What that desk needs from you.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to Write a Ban Appeal That Actually Gets Read (With Example)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/how-to-write-a-ban-appeal/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/how-to-write-a-ban-appeal/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The reviewer has 30 seconds. The four-paragraph structure that survives that math, a worked example, and the seven ways appeals kill themselves.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to Get Unbanned from Tinder: Every Method, Ranked Honestly (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/how-to-get-unbanned-from-tinder/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/how-to-get-unbanned-from-tinder/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Seven routes that do something, one that quietly destroys your case, and two the industry sells that do nothing at all. With the platforms' own 2025 numbers.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to Contact Tinder Support About a Ban (Every Real Channel, 2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/how-to-contact-tinder-support-about-a-ban/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/how-to-contact-tinder-support-about-a-ban/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Tinder’s appeal is the Appeals Center on your own login, Hinge’s is in the app. The real support channels for five apps, and what to do when they go silent.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Banned From Hinge for No Reason? The 7 Real Triggers</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/hinge-banned-for-no-reason/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/hinge-banned-for-no-reason/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Hinge often gives no reason. The seven real triggers, from false reports to a ban shared from another Match Group app, and which ones are winnable.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Hinge Asked for My ID: A Step, Not a Verdict</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/hinge-asked-for-my-id/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/hinge-asked-for-my-id/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Hinge requires ID before some appeals and may ask for it during others. What it checks, what to send, the ID-form exception, and what refusing costs.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>GDPR Erasure Requests to Dating Apps: Why Access Comes First</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/gdpr-erasure-request-dating-apps/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/gdpr-erasure-request-dating-apps/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Ask for access first: an erasure request sent first can destroy the evidence. Article 15 mechanics, the one-month clock, what the file shows, and a letter.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>DSA Article 21: The Appeal Route Apps Hope You Never Find</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/dsa-article-21/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/dsa-article-21/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>EU law built an independent referee for your ban - free to you, funded by the platforms. How the certified dispute bodies work and how to file.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Does Deleting Your Tinder Account Remove a Ban? (No - Here Is Why)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/does-deleting-tinder-account-remove-ban/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/does-deleting-tinder-account-remove-ban/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Deleting a banned Tinder account does not remove the ban. Tinder keeps the data that stops banned members rejoining, and deletion costs you your evidence.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Does Tinder Ban Your Phone? How Device Bans Actually Work</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/dating-app-device-bans/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/dating-app-device-bans/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Yes, and a new phone rarely helps. Device IDs, IP history, payment details and face matching tie new accounts to old bans. All four layers, explained.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What 660,000 Australian Bans Tell You About Your Odds</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/660000-bans/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/660000-bans/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Match Group banned 662,112 accounts in Australia in a year and overturned 13,395 of 53,176 appeals. What the figures cover, and what they mean for you.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Were You Banned By a Person or By a Machine? (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/banned-by-an-algorithm/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/banned-by-an-algorithm/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Tinder took 1,536,656 enforcement actions by machine in a year against 1,086,123 by hand. What an automated ban means for your appeal, and the two levers.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Can Someone Else Appeal Your Dating App Ban For You? (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/appeal-a-ban-for-someone-else/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/appeal-a-ban-for-someone-else/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>We read 24 dating apps' terms for one question. One bars a third party appealing, and only outside the US. None bars another person writing the words.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Why Will Not the App Tell You Why You Were Banned?</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/why-wont-they-tell-me-why-i-was-banned/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/why-wont-they-tell-me-why-i-was-banned/</id>
    <published>2026-09-03T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Because the contract says it does not have to. The exact clauses, the one region promised a reason, and how to appeal when nobody has told you why.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Dating App Shadowban Test: Tinder, Hinge, Bumble (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/shadowban-test/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/shadowban-test/</id>
    <published>2026-10-04T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-04T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A six-question shadowban test for Tinder, Hinge and Bumble. It matches what you see to each app's own pages and says plainly what no test can see.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Can You Be Banned From Facebook Dating? What Meta Says and Doesn't</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/can-you-be-banned-from-facebook-dating/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/can-you-be-banned-from-facebook-dating/</id>
    <published>2026-10-01T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-04T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Meta restricts access to Facebook Dating but publishes no Dating appeal of its own. The four things that look like a ban, and the route that exists.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Hinge Shadowban: Is It Real? Why the Likes Stopped (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/hinge-shadowban/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/hinge-shadowban/</id>
    <published>2026-09-27T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-04T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A Hinge shadow ban has no notice and no decision, so there is nothing to appeal. We file the access request that makes Hinge show its file, for $149 flat.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Does a Dating App Ban Spread to Other Apps? (2026)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/dating-app-ban-spread-other-apps/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/dating-app-ban-spread-other-apps/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-04T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Match Group names the brands in its own terms. Bumble names Badoo. Which bans travel, which stay contained, and why registering again is a fresh breach.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Never Charge Back a Dating App (It Is a Ban Ground)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/chargeback-after-dating-app-ban/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/chargeback-after-dating-app-ban/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-04T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A chargeback is an express immediate-termination ground in six apps' terms. The correct order to fight post-ban billing, and why the card comes last.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How Long Does a Tinder Ban Last? 6 Months or No End Date</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/how-long-does-a-tinder-ban-last/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/how-long-does-a-tinder-ban-last/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-04T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A Tinder suspension ends after six months; a ban has no end date. What each screen means, the six-month appeal window, and which bans spread.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Banned From Bumble for No Reason? What Bumble Tells the EU It Bans For</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/banned-from-bumble-for-no-reason/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/banned-from-bumble-for-no-reason/</id>
    <published>2026-09-30T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-03T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Bumble filed 174,341 EU decisions in 58 days; 2,859 ended an account, each with a named ground. What they say, and the appeal still open.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to Read Your Tinder Data Export: What data.json Shows, and What It Cannot</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/how-to-read-your-tinder-data-export/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/how-to-read-your-tinder-data-export/</id>
    <published>2026-09-15T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-03T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The ZIP, the data.json sections, the daily counters that show when matches stopped, and the one thing the download never contains, whatever you ask.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Badoo Account Blocked? Why, What Happens, and How to Appeal</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/blog/why-is-my-badoo-account-blocked/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/blog/why-is-my-badoo-account-blocked/</id>
    <published>2026-09-30T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-01T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Badoo filed 419,214 EU decisions in 58 days; 22,848 ended an account, each with a named ground. What a block means and the six-month appeal.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Why does my Tinder photo verification keep failing?</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/tinder-photo-verification-keeps-failing/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/tinder-photo-verification-keeps-failing/</id>
    <published>2026-09-28T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-09-28T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Tinder runs several checks that ask for your face, and which one you are stuck in decides what to do. How to tell them apart, and what Tinder says to do.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Can I sue Tinder for banning me?</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/can-i-sue-tinder-for-banning-me/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/can-i-sue-tinder-for-banning-me/</id>
    <published>2026-09-28T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-09-28T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Yes, in principle. Where you live decides how. Tinder's terms cap what a claim can win where the law allows, and none of it runs through the in-app appeal.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Can You Appeal a Dating App Ban Twice? (What They Publish)</title>
    <link href="https://appealmyban.com/appeal-a-dating-app-ban-twice/"/>
    <id>https://appealmyban.com/appeal-a-dating-app-ban-twice/</id>
    <published>2026-09-14T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-09-28T09:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Five apps publish the same sentence: multiple appeal submissions will not be considered. Abusing the appeals system is itself a ban ground on eight brands.</summary>
  </entry>
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