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Whether known and novel abuse material is found at all, and across which surfaces of the product.
Hash matching on publicly posted media
Hash matching is applied to media uploaded to public servers. [1]
Hash matching on private messages and attachments
Coverage of direct-message attachments is asserted but not specified. The operator has not stated whether matching runs on all DM media or only on reported content. [1] [2]
Classifier detection of previously unseen material
A classifier for previously unseen material is described in published safety documentation. [1]
Detection applied to live and streamed video
Voice and video channels are not covered by the described media pipeline.
Detection of grooming and solicitation in text
Grooming detection is claimed at the account-behaviour level. No published detection rate or evaluation.
Participation in industry hash-sharing programmes
Participates in industry hash-sharing arrangements. [1]
What the operator tells NCMEC, law enforcement and the public, and whether those disclosures can be checked.
Files CyberTipline reports to NCMEC
Files CyberTipline reports; volume is consistent with a platform of this scale. [3]
Publishes child-safety enforcement figures
A recurring transparency report separates child-safety enforcement from other categories. [1]
Report quality sufficient for investigation
No public assessment of report completeness by receiving agencies.
Reporting cadence and timeliness
Reporting appears tied to review-queue completion rather than detection.
What happens after material is found: how fast it comes down, what happens to the account, and whether the decision can be contested.
Time to removal of confirmed material
No removal-latency figure is published.
Account termination on confirmed violation
Policy provides for termination on confirmed violation. [1]
Prevention of re-registration
Re-registration is documented repeatedly in reporting on the platform. Account creation requires only an email address. [2] [4]
Preservation of evidence
Preservation on legal request is described; retention absent a request is not stated.
Escalation of imminent-harm cases
An emergency-disclosure path for imminent harm is documented. [1]
The design decisions that determine how much abuse is possible in the first place, before any detection is applied.
Protective defaults for minor accounts
Teen accounts carry restricted defaults. Defaults depend on a self-declared age. [1]
Restrictions on adult-initiated contact with minors
Adults can initiate contact with minors through shared-server membership, which is the mechanism most often described in prosecutions. [2] [4]
Age assurance at registration
Age is self-declared at registration with no assurance step.
Recommendation systems assessed for minor-safety harm
Server discovery and recommendation surfaces have not been publicly assessed for minor-safety harm.
Encryption posture and stated mitigations
Messaging is not end-to-end encrypted by default, so server-side detection remains available.
Published child-safety policy with defined enforcement
Policy prohibits the conduct and states termination as the consequence. [1]
Documented failures, enforcement actions, litigation and investigative reporting bearing on the assessment above.
2023-06
Reporting identified a substantial number of US prosecutions in which the platform was the venue for grooming or distribution, concentrated in private servers and direct messages. [2]
2024-11
A state attorney general opened action concerning the gap between the operator's public safety representations and the protections actually applied to minor accounts. [4]
Discord · 2025
NBC News · 2023-06
NCMEC · 2025
Illustrative placeholder · 2024-11
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