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What is Harmful Content?

What is considered harmful content?

In simple terms, harmful content is anything online which causes a person distress or harm. This encompasses a huge amount of content and can be very subjective depending on who is doing the viewing; what may be harmful to one person might not be considered an issue by someone else.

We studied the community guidelines of several different platforms and concluded that the following areas of content are likely to violate terms

  • Online Abuse

  • Bullying or Harassment

  • Threats

  • Impersonation

  • Unwanted Sexual Advances (Not Image Based)

  • Violent Content

  • Self-Harm or Suicide Content ​

  • Pornographic Content