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Adequate
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 and classifier detection across video and search surfaces. [1]
Hash matching on private messages and attachments
Scanning scope on consumer storage is described in general terms.
Classifier detection of previously unseen material
Operates a classifier made available to other providers. [1]
Detection applied to live and streamed video
Live video surfaces are covered.
Detection of grooming and solicitation in text
Applies principally to commentary surfaces rather than private messaging.
Participation in industry hash-sharing programmes
Contributes hashes and tooling to industry programmes.
What the operator tells NCMEC, law enforcement and the public, and whether those disclosures can be checked.
Publishes child-safety enforcement figures
Publishes a dedicated child-safety transparency report. [1]
Report quality sufficient for investigation
Not assessed.
Reporting cadence and timeliness
Filed on 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 latency figure published.
Account termination on confirmed violation
Account termination across services.
Prevention of re-registration
Re-registration controls exist; effectiveness not published.
Preservation of evidence
Preservation documented.
Escalation of imminent-harm cases
Escalation path documented.
The design decisions that determine how much abuse is possible in the first place, before any detection is applied.
Protective defaults for minor accounts
Supervised accounts with restricted defaults.
Restrictions on adult-initiated contact with minors
Contact restrictions on supervised accounts.
Age assurance at registration
Age estimation applied to some flows.
Recommendation systems assessed for minor-safety harm
Recommendation systems on the video surface have been assessed externally with mixed findings.
Encryption posture and stated mitigations
Principal surfaces are not end-to-end encrypted; detection remains available.
Published child-safety policy with defined enforcement
Policy published with stated enforcement.
Documented failures, enforcement actions, litigation and investigative reporting bearing on the assessment above.
2022-08
A documented case in which a parent's photograph taken for a medical consultation triggered detection, resulting in account termination and a law-enforcement referral that was subsequently closed without charge. The account was not reinstated. [3]
Google · 2025
NCMEC · 2025
The New York Times · 2022-08
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