Who qualifies for free ReverseFace media access?

Verified journalists, investigators, and media professionals who apply with a corporate or publication email address qualify for 25 free reverse face searches every month.

How many free searches do verified journalists get?

Approved media accounts receive 25 complimentary reverse face searches that renew at the start of each month, with no card required and no cost.

Free for verified journalists

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Q: Is attribution required when using ReverseFace results?

Yes. Any published piece that uses ReverseFace results to locate or verify a subject must explicitly cite "ReverseFace" as the source of the facial recognition search.

Complimentary, unfiltered access to the world's most accurate reverse face search engine — exclusively for verified journalists, investigators, and media professionals.

Free searches, every single month

No card. No cost. Approved media accounts renew 25 complimentary searches at the start of each month.

Trusted by reporters at newsrooms worldwide

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The Offer

25 Monthly Free Searches. Zero Cost.

Investigative reporting moves fast. Your tools should too. Approved media accounts get 25 free searches every month and bypass our standard consumer limits — verify identities, track down subjects, and uncover digital footprints across the public web in seconds.

Export & Embed

Built to Publish.

Turn your findings into a ready-to-publish figure. Select the matches that matter, then drop a watermarked image or a live embed straight into your CMS — attribution baked in.

You choose the faces.Pick from your top 25 matches — publish only what's relevant to the story.
ReverseFace watermark is embedded on every exported image — attribution travels with the file.
One-click formats: download a PNG for print/social, or paste an embed snippet for the web.

What reporters use it for

Unmask anonymous accountsTrace burner profiles and troll accounts back to a real person.

Verify a source's identityConfirm a tipster or witness is who they claim to be.

Track a subject across platformsFollow one face from LinkedIn to X, Medium, and beyond.

Confirm a byline or profile photoCheck that a headshot matches the named individual.

Unmask anonymous accountsTrace burner profiles and troll accounts back to a real person.

Verify a source's identityConfirm a tipster or witness is who they claim to be.

Track a subject across platformsFollow one face from LinkedIn to X, Medium, and beyond.

Confirm a byline or profile photoCheck that a headshot matches the named individual.

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Investigation

Anonymous Account Behind Viral Smear Campaign Unmasked

By Jane Doe · Investigations Desk · March 14, 2026

For months the account operated in the shadows, posting doctored images to millions of followers. Using facial recognition, our newsroom traced the profile photo to three separate identities across the public web.

ReverseFacePNG · Static

#1ReverseFace

98%match

LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/m-harlow

#2ReverseFace

94%match

X / Twittertwitter.com/@realmharlow

#3ReverseFace

91%match

Mediummedium.com/@harlow.writes

Facial recognition search by ReverseFacereverseface.com ↗

Above: Watermarked image exported from ReverseFace and dropped into the story. Source: ReverseFace.

The matches, ranked by confidence, gave reporters a starting point to confirm the individual's identity through additional public records and on-the-record interviews.

The Rules of Access

Our Terms of Partnership

We provide the engine; you provide the credit. To maintain your 25 free monthly searches, you must strictly adhere to the following rules.

Non-negotiable

Mandatory Attribution

Any published piece using our results to locate or verify a subject must explicitly cite "ReverseFace" as the source of the facial recognition search in the article, broadcast, or newsletter.

Lawful Use Only

You confirm you are legally authorized to search the provided images and are using this tool strictly for journalistic, investigative, or public-interest reporting.

No Account Sharing

Media access is tied to your individual professional email. Group or shared newsroom logins are strictly prohibited and will result in immediate revocation.

Strict Biometric Consent

By using the platform you agree to our biometric processing protocols. We extract facial geometry solely to execute your search and destroy it immediately after.

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