Microsoft
microsoft.com
Adequate
- Domain
- microsoft.com
- Category
- Devices & cloud
- Last review
- 2026-03-19
Detection & scanning
Whether known and novel abuse material is found at all, and across which surfaces of the product.
Hash matching on publicly posted media
Matching across cloud and search surfaces.
Hash matching on private messages and attachments
Coverage of consumer messaging surfaces is not fully specified.
Classifier detection of previously unseen material
Classifier detection in use.
Detection applied to live and streamed video
Gaming voice surfaces sampled.
Detection of grooming and solicitation in text
Operates and licenses a grooming-detection tool to other providers. [1]
Participation in industry hash-sharing programmes
Author of the hash-matching technology used across the industry. [1]
Reporting & transparency
What the operator tells NCMEC, law enforcement and the public, and whether those disclosures can be checked.
Publishes child-safety enforcement figures
Digital safety reporting published.
Report quality sufficient for investigation
Not assessed.
Reporting cadence and timeliness
Filed on detection.
Response & enforcement
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.
Account termination on confirmed violation
Termination on violation.
Prevention of re-registration
Controls described.
Preservation of evidence
Preservation documented.
Escalation of imminent-harm cases
Escalation path documented.
Product & policy posture
The design decisions that determine how much abuse is possible in the first place, before any detection is applied.
Protective defaults for minor accounts
Child accounts with restricted defaults.
Restrictions on adult-initiated contact with minors
Contact restrictions on child accounts.
Age assurance at registration
Age assurance offered in some markets.
Recommendation systems assessed for minor-safety harm
Not assessed.
Encryption posture and stated mitigations
Detection remains available on principal surfaces.
Published child-safety policy with defined enforcement
Policy published.
Sources
- [1] PhotoDNA and Project Artemis documentation
Microsoft · 2025
- [2] CyberTipline Data
NCMEC · 2025
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